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This could a fun way to learn ML using just your browser. I'm still skeptic about the performance but for prototyping it could be viable. One thing bothering m

by tekkk 9y ago

This could a fun way to learn ML using just your browser. I'm still skeptic about the performance but for prototyping it could be viable. One thing bothering me about reading the API is the inconsistent way of adding semicolons. Not an important thing I'm sure and as my personal opinion I'd much rather have the examples without them. To me they are just waste of time. Also it makes the code look more like Python. Anyway, looks great!

irrational 9y ago
You will hate to hear that there is a serious proposal to make semicolons mandatory in the next version of ECMAScript.
- kevincennis 9y ago
  Can you provide a source for that? Closest thing I could find was this, which simply adds an ASI hazard clause: https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062 https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062
- seniorsassycat 9y ago
  I found [this pull request] that adds language recommending the use of semicolons, but no proposals to require semicolons or to remove Automatic Semicolon Insertion. Removing ASI from ECMAScript would break backwards compatibility - modern JS engines couldn't run scripts that use ASI which would break a lot of websites that are alread deployed. ECMA will add features that won't run in old engines (older V8 can't parse arrow functions) but they won't add/remove/change features that break existing behavior. Today there are code patterns where ASI is ambiguous, or at-least hard for a developer to grok. TC39 is warning developers that new language features will not be designed for ASI and might have confusing behavior if those new features are used without semicolons. [this pull request]: https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062/files https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062/files
- bakkoting 9y ago
  No, there isn't. I am on TC39.
reedx8 9y ago
Python doesn't use semicolons as statement terminators. C does.
- woadwarrior01 9y ago
  Though they’re rarely used in practice, the Python grammar does allow the use of semicolons to separate multiple statements on the same line. https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html

by tekkk 9y ago

irrational 9y ago

You will hate to hear that there is a serious proposal to make semicolons mandatory in the next version of ECMAScript.

kevincennis 9y ago
Can you provide a source for that? Closest thing I could find was this, which simply adds an ASI hazard clause: https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062 https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062
seniorsassycat 9y ago
I found [this pull request] that adds language recommending the use of semicolons, but no proposals to require semicolons or to remove Automatic Semicolon Insertion. Removing ASI from ECMAScript would break backwards compatibility - modern JS engines couldn't run scripts that use ASI which would break a lot of websites that are alread deployed. ECMA will add features that won't run in old engines (older V8 can't parse arrow functions) but they won't add/remove/change features that break existing behavior. Today there are code patterns where ASI is ambiguous, or at-least hard for a developer to grok. TC39 is warning developers that new language features will not be designed for ASI and might have confusing behavior if those new features are used without semicolons. [this pull request]: https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062/files https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1062/files
bakkoting 9y ago
No, there isn't. I am on TC39.

reedx8 9y ago

Python doesn't use semicolons as statement terminators. C does.

woadwarrior01 9y ago
Though they’re rarely used in practice, the Python grammar does allow the use of semicolons to separate multiple statements on the same line. https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html