This is a resurrection of an earlier proposal from Nathan Wall [1], that
would make Function.length configurable.  The initial proposal was to make
it writable, but configurable instead was suggested by Claude Pache [2].

Nathan's original post [1] does a good job of outlining the motivation, so
I won't reiterate them here.  From what I can gather, making
Function.length configurable seemed to receive a positive response [3] [4]
[5], but the thread apparently died.  Perhaps I just need to find a new API
paradigm, but I run into this issue on a regular basis writing callback
utilities, and would be very interested in seeing this move forward.

For convenience, the Function.length spec from the latest draft [6]:

This is a data property with a value of 1. This property has the attributes
{ [[Writable]]: false, [[Enumerable]]: false, [[Configurable]]: false }.


[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21786.html
[2] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21792.html
[3] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21793.html
[4] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21794.html
[5] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21795.html
[6] http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-15.3.2.2

Thanks,

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This is a resurrection of [an earlier proposal from Nathan Wall][1], that
would make Function.length configurable.  The initial proposal was to make
it writable, but configurable instead [was suggested by Claude Pache][2].

[Nathan's original post][1] does a good job of outlining the motivation, so
I won't reiterate them here.  From what I can gather, making
Function.length configurable seemed to receive a positive response [3], [4], [5], but the thread apparently died.  Perhaps I just need to find a new API
paradigm, but I run into this issue on a regular basis writing callback
utilities, and would be very interested in seeing this move forward.

For convenience, [the Function.length spec from the latest draft][6]:

> This is a data property with a value of 1. This property has the attributes { [[Writable]]: false, [[Enumerable]]: false, [[Configurable]]: false }.


[1]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21786.html
[2]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21792.html
[3]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21793.html
[4]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21794.html
[5]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21795.html
[6]: http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-15.3.2.2

This is a resurrection of [an earlier proposal from Nathan Wall][1], that
would make Function.length configurable.  The initial proposal was to make
it writable, but configurable instead [was suggested by Claude Pache][2].

[Nathan's original post][1] does a good job of outlining the motivation, so
I won't reiterate them here.  From what I can gather, making
Function.length configurable seemed to receive a positive response [3], [4], [5], but the thread apparently died.  Perhaps I just need to find a new API
paradigm, but I run into this issue on a regular basis writing callback
utilities, and would be very interested in seeing this move forward.

For convenience, [the Function.length spec from the latest draft][6]:

This is a data property with a value of 1. This property has the attributes
{ [[Writable]]: false, [[Enumerable]]: false, [[Configurable]]: false }.


[1]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21786.html
[2]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21792.html
[3]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21793.html
[4]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21794.html
[5]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21795.html
[6]: http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-15.3.2.2