Subj : Re: Seeking clarification on effect of literal vs. object syntax.
To   : Christopher M. Balz
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 07:12 pm

Christopher M. Balz wrote:
> The usage is in ECMA-262, 3rd Edition -- this is the
> one available (or most available) from the ECMA site.
> (See below).  The spec does use 'initialiser' often,
> though.  Usage of 'literal' is also in the 4th edition
> of the O'Reilly JS book, which imho is the best book
> on JavaScript. 
> 
> ECMA-262, 3rd Edition, Page 158:
> 
> ArrayLiteral : See 11.1.4
> [ Elisionopt ]
> [ ElementList ]
> [ ElementList , Elisionopt ]
> 
> ObjectLiteral : See 11.1.5
> { }
> { PropertyNameAndValueList }


Argh, the nonterminals in the grammar were never fixed.  But note that 
the section headers use "Initialiser".

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