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Re:A Case Against Using CoffeeScript by mjijackson on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:08PM (#3350147)
> Which is exactly what the fat arrow does in Coffeescript.

Except when there's a regression in the compiler, and then it doesn't.

https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1842

It's all good though, because "Pull requests are always welcome." :P

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Re:A Case Against Using CoffeeScript by jashkenas on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @11:44PM (#3350638)
Yes -- that needs to be fixed pronto, and a 1.1.4 release cut -- which should include both that patch and a fix for Node 0.6's inconsistent "fs.watch" behavior.
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Re:A Case Against Using CoffeeScript by cheald on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:17PM (#3350165)
Hah, touche. Okay, I'll clarify - $.proxy and => are functionally equivalent in my locally installed version of Coffeescript. :P
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Re:A Case Against Using CoffeeScript by jashkenas on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @11:12AM (#3352348)
That regression is now fixed here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1842#commi...
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