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Andreas Rossberg (2014-01-09T14:21:05.000Z)

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On 8 January 2014 18:04, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen at wirfs-brock.com> wrote:
> You should be able to put a 'do' in front of any BlockStatement and turn it into an ExpressionStatement.
>
> I don't think we should have a new expression level scoping construct that doesn't have the exact semantics of a Block.

Except for blocks where the cute function declaration legacy rules
from the Appendix apply, I suppose.

/Andreas

domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2014-01-14T17:47:51.237Z)

On 8 January 2014 18:04, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen at wirfs-brock.com> wrote:
> You should be able to put a `do` in front of any BlockStatement and turn it into an ExpressionStatement.
>
> I don't think we should have a new expression level scoping construct that doesn't have the exact semantics of a Block.

Except for blocks where the cute function declaration legacy rules
from the Appendix apply, I suppose.

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