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David Herman (2013-09-26T22:52:47.000Z)

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On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen at wirfs-brock.com> wrote:

> Oh, that's not Hungarian notation, it's just a name space qualifier.

Don't talk down -- Rick was making a metaphor.

> But, if you assume that we will added a real private state mechanism into "ES 6.1" or "ES6.2" will Symbol really carry its weight looking back 10 years from now?

Hell yes, if it saved us from __iterator__ or std:iterator or @iterator or @ECMA at 262@Edition at 6@iterator.

Dave

domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2013-10-13T02:32:39.500Z)

On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen at wirfs-brock.com> wrote:

> Oh, that's not Hungarian notation, it's just a name space qualifier.

Don't talk down -- Rick was making a metaphor.

> But, if you assume that we will added a real private state mechanism into "ES 6.1" or "ES6.2" will Symbol really carry its weight looking back 10 years from now?

Hell yes, if it saved us from `__iterator__` or `std:iterator` or `@iterator` or `@ECMA@262@Edition@6@iterator`.

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