ReasonML evaluation order gotcha

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9 pointsJoelJacobson2 comments

js_of_ocaml (and thus sketch) has the same behaviour as both the ocaml bytecode and native compilers. I think, if anyhing, targeting the behaviour of the ocaml compiler should be raised as a useful fix for bucklescript

OTOH, since Javascript's order of evaluation is specified to be left-to-right, it might make more sense to also make Reason behave like Javascript, since the point of giving Reason a Javascript-like syntax was probably at least partly to make it easier for Javascript developers to understand the language.

If the semantics would be different for something as fundamental as order of evaluation, there is a risk Javascript developers will find the language awkward.

I guess it boils down to whether it's more important to make Reason appeal to existing Javascript- or OCaml-developers.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8405989/what-is-the-orde...

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