search

tc39 / proposal-global

ECMAScript Proposal, specs, and reference implementation for `global`
http://tc39.github.io/proposal-global/
MIT License
349 stars 18 forks source link

How about `standard` and `std` ? #37

Closed blfunex closed 5 years ago

blfunex commented 5 years ago

I read the NAMING file and didn't find constraints related to this name. My rationale is that the global object provides the standard ECMAScript types to the user.

aciccarello commented 5 years ago

Wouldn't it also have references to non-standard variables defined globally?

ljharb commented 5 years ago

Thanks! That’s definitely a new suggestion.

There’s a current proposal, https://github.com/tc39/proposal-javascript-standard-library , that might create a world where new standard types wouldn’t need to be on the global - additionally, there’s many builtin types that are not on the global (AsyncFunction, for example).

(As for “std”; i don’t think abbreviations are helpful, nor do i think we should select abbreviations that have easily misappropriated alternate definitions when we can avoid it)

codehag commented 5 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion @blfunex !

If it didn't conflict with the standard library proposal it would be a great candidate :/ I agree with ljharb regarding abbreviations -- and to top it off, that abbreviation is also proposed for the standard library. If you have other ideas please let us know.

Let us know if you have any further questions. If everything is clear, let us know and I will close this. Further suggestions are very welcome.

ljharb commented 5 years ago

Closing; happy to reopen if needed.