Editorial: replace Type(...) notation with a proper Type AO #3339
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bakkot
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jmdyck
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jmdyck
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| <emu-clause id="sec-ecmascript-language-types"> | ||
| <h1>ECMAScript Language Types</h1> | ||
| <p>An <dfn variants="ECMAScript language types">ECMAScript language type</dfn> corresponds to values that are directly manipulated by an ECMAScript programmer using the ECMAScript language. The ECMAScript language types are Undefined, Null, Boolean, String, Symbol, Number, BigInt, and Object. An <dfn variants="ECMAScript language values">ECMAScript language value</dfn> is a value that is characterized by an ECMAScript language type.</p> | ||
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| <emu-clause id="sec-type-ao" type="abstract operation"> | ||
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I was thinking this AO would be better placed in section 7 "Abstract Operations". (Note that its first use occurs in 7.2.9.) Now I'm less sure, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
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I think I like it here. Section 7 AOs should probably be dispersed to relevant sections.
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Feedback addressed. |
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https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/structured-data.html#structuredserializeinternal will need to be updated (and possibly others). |
syg
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Aug 28, 2024
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Recapping editor call discussion: Let's hold off on this as @ljharb may have cycles to do the following to get us to the desired end-state of not having any type reflection at all:
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Fixes #2870. This aligns with our goal of reducing our core concepts.