(Almost) everything is expression

[Axel Rauschmayer]

> which I thought could be turned into:
> -----
> var C = {
>    let something;
> 
>    // |this| is the global object
>    // ...
> }
> -----
> 
> But it does not have a return value and as noted in your second message, there seems to be an ambiguity with object initializers (not only visual but formal).
> The 'do expressions' solution sounds like a good idea, but visually reminds of a do-while loop.
> 
> I don't really have a better proposition yet, but i'm looking forward to seeing any solution that will allow to replace all "(function(global){...})(this);"



IIRC: Block lambdas.

var C = {||   // note the double pipe
   let something;

   // |this| is the global object
   // ...

   return something;
}


With a single expression, you don’t even have to return:

var C = {||   // note the double pipe
   foo()
}


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