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thwarted on July 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: ES6: The features I'm most excited about

Why can all this new syntax be added, but the "use strict" pragma is still specified by a string? It made sense to send messages to the interpreter in a backwards compatible way, but now it just seems odd.

v413 on July 6, 2015 | [–]

All code in modules is in the context of "use strict" by default so it won't be necessary to use this pragma explicitly.

nodesocket on July 6, 2015 | [–]

Not entirely sure if browsers require "use strict;", but io.js (node) does.

silverwind on July 6, 2015 | [–]

In iojs/node, you can force v8 strict mode through the --use_strict flag, saving you from writing in every file.

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