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Re: optional "function" keyword

by Brendan Eich-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Brendan Eich wrote:
>> Yes, an identifier is required. It would not be possible to define
>> an unnamed function in this way.
>
> Why not express an anonymous function, though? Definition !=
> expression. As usual, an expression *statement* could not start with (
> and consist entirely of a function-keyword-free anonymous function
> expression.

I should have stopped at "could not start with". Doesn't matter how it
might end, an expression-statement can't start with 'function' now and,
under the proposal, could not start with the ( beginning a formal
parameter list.

/be
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