for own(...) loop (spin-off from Re: for..in, hasOwnProperty(), and inheritance)

[Jeremy Ashkenas]

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Brendan Eich <brendan at mozilla.com> wrote:

>
>   for own (i in o) {
>     *body*
>   }
>
> This is a small thing but it might pay off in the long run.
>

This is a very useful feature ... but for better or for worse, also shows
off how much paren-free would help things. "for own key in object {" reads
well, whereas "for own (key in object) {" reads strangely, because the
adjective "own" naturally belongs next to it's nown "key", without an
interloping lparen.
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