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Can you turn of those transpilations though? Readable code isn't the problem, equivalence is. Flow will never rewrite anything, which is what I've been saying.

by ng12 10y ago

WorldMaker 10y ago
Many of the transpilations you can turn off. The targets system turns off/on many transpilations as a suite. There are flags for several others such as `--noEmitHelpers`, `--preserveConstEnums`, `--jsx Preserve`. If you have a reason to disallow and/or preserve something that TS does not already support, I would think the Typescript team would be interested in hearing about it.
- ng12 10y ago
  But the argument I'm making is it's disingenuous to say that Flow and Typescript are both equally "not Javascript". Flow is _strictly_ additive to whatever else your toolchain is. Typescript is a different language.
  - WorldMaker 10y ago
    I never said that Flow and Typescript are "equally" not JavaScript. I think you are getting your arguments crossed here. Though I will state that both are not JavaScript, even if they are "unequally" not JS (for whatever that distinction means to you, though I think it is a moot point). Flow when used purely as comments is JS, sure, but the type annotation syntax is not JS as defined by any ES standard (except maybe ES4) nor any JS accepted by browsers (definitely not ES4). "Strictly additive" isn't a distinction that matters to what constitutes a language, if we want to be pedantic. Finally, I would suggest you refrain from the word "disingenuous". Yes, my opinions differ from your own, but you cannot speak to the candor of my opinions here. I am hoping you did not intend an ad hominem attack, but I don't think a lot of people realize how much "disingenuous" is an ad hominem attack.
    - ng12 10y ago
      > I never said that Flow and Typescript are "equally" not JavaScript. I think you are getting your arguments crossed here. Read the rest of this thread, that is the point at hand. I'd generally suggest doing that before jumping in.
      - WorldMaker 10y ago
        I commented on a specific point you were making. Whether or not I read the rest of the thread is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
        ng12 10y ago
        So it's just an irrelevant interjection then? Your not wrong, I'm not wrong, we're just having two separate conversations.

Can you turn of those transpilations though? Readable code isn't the problem, equivalence is. Flow will never rewrite anything, which is what I've been saying.

by ng12 10y ago

Can you turn of those transpilations though? Readable code isn't the problem, equivalence is. Flow will never rewrite anything, which is what I've been saying.

WorldMaker 10y ago

Many of the transpilations you can turn off. The targets system turns off/on many transpilations as a suite. There are flags for several others such as `--noEmitHelpers`, `--preserveConstEnums`, `--jsx Preserve`. If you have a reason to disallow and/or preserve something that TS does not already support, I would think the Typescript team would be interested in hearing about it.

ng12 10y ago
But the argument I'm making is it's disingenuous to say that Flow and Typescript are both equally "not Javascript". Flow is _strictly_ additive to whatever else your toolchain is. Typescript is a different language.
- WorldMaker 10y ago
  I never said that Flow and Typescript are "equally" not JavaScript. I think you are getting your arguments crossed here. Though I will state that both are not JavaScript, even if they are "unequally" not JS (for whatever that distinction means to you, though I think it is a moot point). Flow when used purely as comments is JS, sure, but the type annotation syntax is not JS as defined by any ES standard (except maybe ES4) nor any JS accepted by browsers (definitely not ES4). "Strictly additive" isn't a distinction that matters to what constitutes a language, if we want to be pedantic. Finally, I would suggest you refrain from the word "disingenuous". Yes, my opinions differ from your own, but you cannot speak to the candor of my opinions here. I am hoping you did not intend an ad hominem attack, but I don't think a lot of people realize how much "disingenuous" is an ad hominem attack.
  - ng12 10y ago
    > I never said that Flow and Typescript are "equally" not JavaScript. I think you are getting your arguments crossed here. Read the rest of this thread, that is the point at hand. I'd generally suggest doing that before jumping in.
    - WorldMaker 10y ago
      I commented on a specific point you were making. Whether or not I read the rest of the thread is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
      - ng12 10y ago
        So it's just an irrelevant interjection then? Your not wrong, I'm not wrong, we're just having two separate conversations.