Proposal: Object.defineProperty shorthand

[Axel Rauschmayer]

> From: Brendan Eich <brendan at mozilla.com>
> 
> A Unix-y (ls(1) inspired) mid-point might be to use strings:
> 
> var foo = {
>   {"!c!e!w"} high_integrity: 42,
>   ...
> };
> 


Would it make sense to turn this into a generic system for adding meta-data to properties? Python’s decorators and Java’s annotations come to mind which are used for various great purposes in libraries. Some of Java’s annotations such @Override or @Nullable also cross the border into language territory.

Won’t enumerable go away (as in “used less”) in the long run? Thus there is less of a reason to provide a concise syntax for specifying enumerability.

I would prefer something like

var foo = {
  { !conf !enum !write } high_integrity: 42,
  ...
};

Yes, it is more verbose, but also more descriptive.

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