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0 pointsRetra10y ago0 comments

Your blog post doesn't make a very strong argument, honestly.

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_getify10y ago· 2 in thread

I would genuinely (no sarcasm) like to read a blog post that makes a stronger argument (in either direction) than mine. Most blog posts I've read about `const` cite very flimsy things like "it makes my code more readable" without any real meat as to why that's true. I tried to debunk that with careful thought. If someone has more convincing arguments besides subjective opinion, I'd love to read them.

Dylan1680710y ago

>I tried to debunk that with careful thought.

Well you didn't really succeed. Your argument against using const comes down to "someone might violate expectations or remove the word const, so let's not even try". I don't agree with that.

Traditional constants are used to show that nothing changes in large swaths of code; showing how much benefit you get in a standalone 12 line function is not meaningful.

Also, calling function scoping bad is not revisionism. That is not a new idea, and does not depend on 'let' existing.

Edit: And the the article you linked about let is saying so many ridiculous things I won't even try to respond to it, but jeez. 'implicit'

_getify10y ago

> Your argument against using const comes down to ...

You did an absolutely horrible job of summarizing even remotely what my argument was, so I guess "I won't even try to respond to" this, since you either can't critically read or didn't care to this time. jeez.

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