const and String Interpolation

ckknight / gorillascript

GorillaScript is a compile-to-JavaScript language designed to empower the user while attempting to prevent some common errors.

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Closed eeasley closed 11 years ago

eeasley commented 11 years ago

const FOO = \bar
let baz = "$FOO"
let qux = "$(FOO)"

transpiles to

__strnum = ...
__typeof = ...
baz = __strnum(FOO);
qux = "bar";

That seems like unexpected and undesirable behavior to me.

ckknight commented 11 years ago

Yep, this is a bug. Both baz and qux should evaluate as qux does now.

eeasley commented 11 years ago

Thanks.