- From: Mark S. Miller <erights@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:59:17 -0800
- To: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>, "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com> wrote:
> I based this statement on the static Object.* API methods that return their
> target object and Array.prototype methods that return a new array with the
> results of the operation performed (map filter).
The static methods, being static, reliably (under normal assumptions)
obey their contract. The array methods return a new object *rather
than* perform a side effect, and so are a counter example. Neither of
these argue for chaining through a late bound instance method whose
actual purpose is only to perform a side effect.
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Cheers,
--MarkM
Received on Thursday, 22 November 2012 22:59:44 UTC