tj.crowder at farsightsoftware.com (2017-11-10T23:01:22.337Z)
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Laurentiu Taschina <source.spider at gmail.com wrote
> ...
So the TL;DR of all that is: You think `func` (or whatever) can be an
identifier or keyword based on context.
Well, quite true, it's certainly been done before (`async` for instance).
All I'll say is: Good luck with that, for this purpose. :-)
I'll flag up an ASI gotcha you'll need to avoid: When defining `func`
function definitions, you'll need "[no LineTerminator here]" after the
closing `)` of the parameter list. Why? Because otherwise this is a
function call followed by a standalone block thanks to ASI:
```js
let a = func()
{ console.log("blah"); };
```
(Which is why AsyncFunctionDefinition has "[no LineTerminator here]" after
`async`.) But again: It's been done before, so...
I'm having trouble believing saving a couple of characters will have the
weight to make it happen, and personally wouldn't favor it, but frankly
that doesn't mean anything.
-- T.J. Crowder
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Laurentiu Taschina <source.spider at gmail.com > wrote... So the TL;DR of all that is: You think `func` (or whatever) can be an identifier or keyword based on context. Well, quite true, it's certainly been done before (`async` for instance). All I'll say is: Good luck with that, for this purpose. :-) I'll flag up an ASI gotcha you'll need to avoid: When defining `func` function definitions, you'll need "[no LineTerminator here]" after the closing `)` of the parameter list. Why? Because otherwise this is a function call followed by a standalone block thanks to ASI: ```js let a = func() { console.log("blah"); }; ``` (Which is why AsyncFunctionDefinition has "[no LineTerminator here]" after `async`.) But again: It's been done before, so... I'm having trouble believing saving a couple of characters will have the weight to make it happen, and personally wouldn't favor it, but frankly that doesn't mean anything. -- T.J. Crowder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/attachments/20171110/0e872df2/attachment.html>