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…to clutter and goes against one of the selling points of CoffeeScript. Previous discussions on this: http://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1401 http://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/899

comment by eaurouge · 2012-04-19 · in Brief Video: Rewriting JavaScript into CoffeeScript

That might be a quite distant future. See: "Unsupported features" at https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/451 https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/64…

comment by epidemian · 2012-04-14 · in An introduction to the JavaScript Module Pattern

Looks like the REPL is still affected, though: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1829#issue...

comment by TrevorBurnham · 2012-04-10 · in CoffeeScript 1.3.0 is out

First, the relevant thread: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/pull/1942 It's not terribly likely that we'll see an IcedCoffeeScript merge soon, given that the basic needs that a merge would entail haven't been addressed. A few of…

comment by jashkenas · 2012-04-10 · in CoffeeScript 1.3.0 is out

…There's plenty of reading material and conversations about most language decisions available here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues?direction=... As to the existence of (optional) postfix "unless" and "if" -- does it also…

comment by jashkenas · 2012-03-31 · in Douglas Crockford on Fat Arrow Functions in JavaScript

…one that is going to eventually be merged in to CoffeeScript. Follow the (very large) issue here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/558

comment by mnemonik · 2012-03-22 · in Introduction to JavaScript source maps

Here's a link to the CoffeeScript discussion on source maps (with a working alternate solution). https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/558

comment by politician · 2012-03-20 · in SourceMaps in Chrome allow debug of any source language compiled to JS

…the most significant difference between CoffeeScript and most other compile-to-JS languages ( https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang... ). The one feature that you might find yourself relying on in a project like…

comment by jashkenas · 2012-02-27 · in Tower.js - JavaScript Framework for Node.js modeled after Ruby on Rails

…uses these extended regular expressions to lex, among other things, extended regular expressions... https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/blob/master/src/l...

comment by jashkenas · 2012-02-08 · in Regular Expressions in CoffeeScript are Awesome

Upon skimming the pull request[1], it looks like this will eventually make it into CoffeeScript. [1]: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/pull/1942

comment by AndyKelley · 2012-01-29 · in IcedCoffeeScript

…and some of it will make it back into the original project (ES5 strict mode early warnings: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1547 ) ... and some of it doesn't: https://github.com/satyr/coco There's currently an open pull…

comment by jashkenas · 2012-01-28 · in IcedCoffeeScript

It actually used to be called Tame, not Iced: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/pull/1942#issueco...

comment by udp · 2012-01-28 · in IcedCoffeeScript

Here's the main one for Iced: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/pull/1942 I remember there was another discussion before where they first started talking about Max's implementation, but I can't seem to find it at the moment. That…

comment by chc · 2012-01-28 · in IcedCoffeeScript

…this yet. I doubt will be much progress on this until we find a good way to implement defer/async. https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/350#issuec... I am writing a sizable Node app myself. In the end, you just get used to the…

comment by jeswin · 2012-01-19 · in The Trello Tech Stack

…the scoping of other "bar" variables that are lexically below "bar" in the file, not above it. https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1121

comment by showell30 · 2011-12-22 · in The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

I'll copy below jashkenas' longer answer from the old github issue about this, https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/712#issuec... """ Sorry, folks, but I'm afraid I disagree completely with this line of reasoning -- let me…

comment by mhansen · 2011-12-22 · in The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

These links explain the thought process behind CS's current behavior: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/712#issuec... https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/712#issuec...

comment by showell30 · 2011-12-22 · in The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

…issue #712 quite interesting: http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/mgp00010.html Source: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/712#issuec...

comment by buddydvd · 2011-12-22 · in The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

…The reason is that he's already had many discussions about this and has formed an opinion. See: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/712 https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/238 Whether he's right is another…

comment by equark · 2011-12-22 · in The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

I think this is a recurring discussion from the dawn of coffeescript. See for example: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/238 I really don't understand why this isn't being fixed: doesn't global by default break…

comment by locci · 2011-12-22 · in The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

…way if you had explicitly written: for i in [10..0] I've opened a ticket to discuss this further: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1952

comment by jashkenas · 2011-12-20 · in Apple Lossless Decoder in Coffeescript

For the curious -- previous discussion about adding TameJS constructs: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1710 And the history of a previous attempt at doing something similar: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issue…

comment by jashkenas · 2011-12-18 · in Await and Defer in Coffeescript core

That regression is now fixed here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1842#commi...

comment by jashkenas · 2011-12-14 · in A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

If you want to help with the debugging aspect, the current bug in CoffeeScript is here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/558 There are relevant bugs open in WebKit-land, and Mozilla-land as well, and should be pointers to…

comment by pmuellr · 2011-12-14 · in A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

…=> to set the original function as a property of the bound function) Added a question on github: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1934

comment by jaekwon · 2011-12-14 · in A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

…and when unleashed with CS create things far more nasty than their JS counterparts. nasty: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/blob/master/src/r... nasty: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/blob/master/src/o... nasty:…

comment by tjholowaychuk · 2011-12-14 · in A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

…arrow does in Coffeescript. Except when there's a regression in the compiler, and then it doesn't. https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1842 It's all good though, because "Pull requests are always welcome." :P

comment by mjijackson · 2011-12-14 · in A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

…must be working on something similar for Dart. Some progress has been made on the GitHub Issue: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/558

comment by geraldalewis · 2011-12-14 · in A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

There are many that compile to JS: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang...

comment by dangoor · 2011-12-12 · in MoonScript v0.2.0 Released

…keep spaghetti > callbacks under control. You may be interested in keeping an eye on this branch: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1710

comment by jashkenas · 2011-12-11 · in How would you change your favorite programming language to make it better?

The other side of the same coin, for the curious: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1495

comment by jashkenas · 2011-12-06 · in Katy: CoffeeScript Combinators

I think this is a little closer: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1495 The above link is actually a discussion about Dart’s “Monocle Moustache,” so I console myself that when people say it’s ugly, they mean the moustache…

comment by raganwald · 2011-11-30 · in Making Coffeescript’s Whitespace More Significant

It's being discussed here (along with some alternate syntax ideas): https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1889

comment by clutchski · 2011-11-30 · in Making Coffeescript’s Whitespace More Significant

Can you please add support for CoffeeScript highlighting? https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/Text-editor-... EDIT: Sorry, I should post this as a Github issue instead...

comment by drewda · 2011-11-29 · in Show HN: elegant open-source pastebin server (node.js & redis)

…Their main point seems to be that debugging source-translated code is hard - ignoring efforts like https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/558 This is definitely not constructive.

comment by nddrylliog · 2011-11-02 · in DAE think CoffeeScript is ridiculously overrated?

…a specific syntax for it, which doesn't seem to be possible for Javascript based languages (e.g. https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1738 ).

comment by jussir · 2011-10-31 · in Chainvas: a tiny library that can add chaining to any API like Canvas and DOM

…syntax for chaining has been discussed several times for CoffeeScript, with different flavors: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1495 https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1291…

comment by jashkenas · 2011-10-30 · in Chainvas: a tiny library that can add chaining to any API like Canvas and DOM

…of these languages[1], including Coffeescript and Clojurescript. You now even have options! [1] https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang...

comment by DanielRibeiro · 2011-10-10 · in Dart language

…out there that attempt to implement Ruby in JavaScript. See the "Ruby" section on this page: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang... The point of CoffeeScript is something quite different. It's an attempt to tidy up…

comment by jashkenas · 2011-10-02 · in The Little Book on CoffeeScript

https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/blob/master/src/g...

comment by InclinedPlane · 2011-10-02 · in The Little Book on CoffeeScript

…penalty is a reason why CoffeeScript has rejected adding an operator overloading mechanism: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/846 But the question is whether a tracing JIT could largely eliminate this bottleneck by noticing…

comment by equark · 2011-10-01 · in Emscripten, an LLVM-to-JavaScript compiler

There are literally dozens of languages that compile to JavaScript already: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang...

comment by edtechdev · 2011-09-15 · in JavaScript is Not Web Assembly

…CoffeeScript has caught on like wildfire, when there are so many other AltJS languages out there ( https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang... ) is that we're trying to take the deeply pragmatic approach. Mr. Schlueter…

comment by jashkenas · 2011-09-14 · in JavaScript is Not Web Assembly

…in April) in response to this article. You have to love a BDFL who's willing to discuss things. [1] https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1191#issue...

comment by telemachos · 2011-09-13 · in CoffeeScript comprehensions are broken

(This appears to be by design: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1191 )

comment by mattdw · 2011-09-12 · in CoffeeScript comprehensions are broken

…before, and there are few things more frustrating than dealing with bugs in your language . [1]: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues?labels=bug...

comment by esk · 2011-09-12 · in Why the Rampant Fanboyism Around CoffeeScript Worries Me

…but did you check with Google before posting that? "Tons of compilers" is exactly what we have now: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang... . In fact my own job involves writing Java code that ends up being compiled…

comment by cousin_it · 2011-09-11 · in More information on Google's new web language, Dash

…enough that you can master it very quickly. > is there a clear unambiguous grammar for it anywhere? https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/blob/master/src/g...

comment by TrevorBurnham · 2011-09-10 · in CoffeeScript: JavaScript without the Fail (slides)

Well, there was a related inconsistency which was certainly a bug. And it's now fixed: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1669

comment by TrevorBurnham · 2011-09-08 · in Why I'm (Finally) Switching to CoffeeScript

Tons: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang...

comment by fogus · 2011-09-07 · in ClojureScript and Node.js