That hash symbol

[Mike Samuel]

2011/3/25 David Foley <davi.fol at gmail.com>:
> Implicit functions?
>
> globalMethod(argument)
> {
>     // implementation
> };
> AnObject.prototype.method(value)
> {
>     // whatevs
> };

Is this a proposed syntax?

If so, in the presence of semicolon insertion, isn't this ambiguous with

globalMethodCall(argument);
{
  // block
}
;  // noop
AnObject.prototype.methodCall(value);
{
  // another block
}
;  // noop


> On 25 Mar 2011, at 17:28, Kevin Smith <khs4473 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Oh, boogers!  : )
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Mike Samuel <mikesamuel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2011/3/25 Kevin Smith <khs4473 at gmail.com>:
>> > As a simple matter of taste, I find the # symbol to be quite ugly and
>> > have
>> > been thinking of alternatives for shortening function expression syntax.
>> > In working with my own wonky version of promises, I continue to make the
>> > same typing error over and over again.  This is something like what I
>> > mean
>> > to type:
>> > obj.doSomething().then(function(val, err)
>> > {
>> >     ...
>> > });
>> > But I find myself typing this instead:
>> > obj.doSomething().then(val, err)
>> > {
>> >     ...
>> > });
>> > The problem isn't so much the extra typing of the "function" keyword,
>> > but
>> > the profusion of parens.  I'd like to suggest the following form
>> > instead.
>> > obj.doSomething().then(<val, err>
>> > {
>> >     ...
>> > });
>> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but since expressions cannot start with "<",
>> > this
>> > shouldn't present any problems for a top-down parser.  Is that right?
>>
>> Does this cause ambiguities with E4X ?
>>  https://developer.mozilla.org/en/e4x
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > khs
>> >
>> >
>> >
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