Fair enough. On a related question, does the following allow removal
of the field?
prototype function toString(this:Namespace)
this.intrinsic::toString()
If not these should be changed to
prototype const function toString(this:Namespace)
this.intrinsic::toString()
for Name and Namespace.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 17:06, Lars Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know if that's necessary; it follows directly from the
> properties you mention and the fact that == and === work by
> comparing the component fields. (By analogy,
> ES3 implementations already perform a fair amount of string
> interning but I don't recall that being discussed in the ES3
> spec.)
>
> --lars
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Erik Arvidsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 17. mars 2008 17:28
> > To: Lars Hansen
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: ES4 draft: Name
> >
> > Should there be some informative text explaining that Names
> > are immutable (non dynamic, final and only constant fields)
> > so interning Name objects is something that might be useful
> > for implementations?
> >
> > 2008/3/17 Lars Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > Draft 3 of the spec for the Name class. Changelog near the
> > beginning.
> > >
> > > The main change is that Name extends Object (not String) and that
> > > ===, ==, !==, and != operate not on object identity or on string
> > > representation but directly on the (qualifier,identifier)
> > pair. (A
> > > draft of an enumerability spec that justifies these changes is
> > > forthcoming.)
> > >
> > > --lars
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> > erik
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