Re: new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread Brendan Eich
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:57 PM, Peter Hall wrote: >> From the discussions that I can recall, I thought it was to permit > more complex type combinations, adding intersection types using "&". > (which is why I like the change). That was one meaning of "future-proof", yeah. Another was to avoid over

Re: new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread Peter Hall
>From the discussions that I can recall, I thought it was to permit more complex type combinations, adding intersection types using "&". (which is why I like the change). Peter On Feb 13, 2008 11:48 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Peter Hall wrote: >

Re: new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread Brendan Eich
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Peter Hall wrote: >>- Union types are spelled (x|y|z) now, not (x,y,z). >> Popularity contest, the pipe character won. >> > > Didn't notice that change! (and I like it :)) Popularity, but deeper reasons include (a) more future-proof; (b) precedent from othe

Re: new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread Peter Hall
>- Union types are spelled (x|y|z) now, not (x,y,z). > Popularity contest, the pipe character won. > Didn't notice that change! (and I like it :)) Peter ___ Es4-discuss mailing list Es4-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-

Re: new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread Graydon Hoare
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > as i was saying before [ctrl + v, enter] turned into [ctrl + enter] > (maybe ctrl+enter is a bad thunderbird shortcut?) > == > > my lecture notes are here: > http://moock.org/lectures/newInECMAScript4 > > they are nearly entirely based on the overview at: > http://

Re: new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
as i was saying before [ctrl + v, enter] turned into [ctrl + enter] (maybe ctrl+enter is a bad thunderbird shortcut?) == my lecture notes are here: http://moock.org/lectures/newInECMAScript4 they are nearly entirely based on the overview at: http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf a

new since ActionScript 3.0 lecture notes

2008-02-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
greetings all, i'm a long-time lurker, full time ActionScript developer. i have an upcoming presentation at FITC in amsterdam (february) and toronto (april) that covers the features in ecma4 that are new to ActionScript (i.e., those not already in ActionScript 3.0). my lecture notes are here: _