function hoisting like var

[Ingvar von Schoultz]

Igor Bukanov wrote:
> I guess that proposal can be summarized in a very short form:
> 
> make
> 
>   {{ code }}
> 
> a syntax sugar for
> 
>   (function() { code })()

Indeed you're right.

When I proposed {{ }} my intent was simplicity, but I didn't
realize that implementing it could be made that simple, the
change that small.

By the way, your translation

     (function() { code })()

can also be expressed as

     new function() { code }

Less parentheses!

(But I haven't explored possible drawbacks.)

-- 
Ingvar von Schoultz

------- (My quirky use of capitals in code comes from my opinion that
reserved and predefined words should all start with lowercase, and
user-defined should all start with uppercase, because this will easily
and elegantly prevent a host of name-collision problems when things
like programming languages are upgraded with new labels.)