Re:JavaScript fundamentals before learning React
by dpwm on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:49AM
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> I wish they could have chosen a 3-letter word for const in keeping with var and let.
"set" or "fix" would be quite nice, given what const actually does.
Re:JavaScript fundamentals before learning React
by DonHopkins on Friday July 20, 2018 @07:34AM
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I'm having one of those days when variables won't and constants aren't.
Re:JavaScript fundamentals before learning React
by pygy_ on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:51AM
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It would have been nice to have `let` work like `const` does, and something else for what is currently `let` (`mut`?).
The TC39 was constrained by the list of reserved words though. `let` and `const` were reserved in ES5, and there was nothing that could have conveyed `mut`.
https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/reserved-keywords#ecmascript-...
Re:JavaScript fundamentals before learning React
by eip on Friday July 20, 2018 @05:33PM
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Unrelated but didn't know how to contact you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdzIKD0oMzo
Re:JavaScript fundamentals before learning React
by DonHopkins on Friday July 20, 2018 @07:33AM
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How about balancing out every "let" with a "forbid" at the end of the block to mark the end of the scope?
if “let” was “letitbe” I bet const would be more popular
seriously though, I wish they could have chosen a 3-letter word for const in keeping with var and let. I know const exists in other languages, but it doesn’t even mean the exact same thing as some other languages anyway.