shortcuts for defining block-local private names, plays nicely with @foo syntax

[Brendan Eich]

> Axel Rauschmayer <mailto:axel at rauschma.de>
> January 23, 2012 1:21 AM
>
> I wouldn’t mix public and private, but it would be nice to have 
> symmetry – only having a `this` shortcut for private names feels odd. 
> How about the following?
>
> function Point(everyone, secret) {
>    this.everyone = everyone;
>    this. at secret = secret;
> }
>
> //---- Short:
>
> function Point(everyone, secret) {
>    .everyone = everyone;

You're requiring manual semicolon insertion before lines like this. 
Consciously?

/be

>