domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2013-09-08T01:10:52.342Z)
On 5 Sep 2013, at 19:37, Norbert Lindenberg <ecmascript at lindenbergsoftware.com> wrote: > On Sep 5, 2013, at 1:06 , Mathias Bynens <mathias at qiwi.be> wrote: > >> Tools like http://mothereff.in/js-escapes. > > I see nothing on that page about identifiers. Sorry, wrong link. I meant this one: http://mothereff.in/js-variables > Note that String methods in general don't know anything about Unicode escapes - those are handled by the ECMAScript or JSON parsers. Of course.
On 5 Sep 2013, at 19:37, Norbert Lindenberg <ecmascript at lindenbergsoftware.com> wrote: > On Sep 5, 2013, at 1:06 , Mathias Bynens <mathias at qiwi.be> wrote: > >> On 26 Aug 2013, at 04:08, Norbert Lindenberg <ecmascript at lindenbergsoftware.com> wrote: >> >>> On Aug 24, 2013, at 23:43 , Mathias Bynens <mathias at qiwi.be> wrote: >>> >>>> I would suggest adding something like `String.isIdentifier` which accepts a multi-symbol string or an array of code points to the strawman. Seems useful to be able to do `String.isIdentifier('foobar')` >>> >>> What would be the use case(s) for that? >> >> Tools like http://mothereff.in/js-escapes. > > I see nothing on that page about identifiers. Sorry, wrong link. I meant this one: http://mothereff.in/js-variables > Note that String methods in general don't know anything about Unicode escapes - those are handled by the ECMAScript or JSON parsers. Of course.