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I've been using vanilla JS when not using Reason and it is pretty nice. I hate that safari does not support arrow function methods though (as they allow you to not have to bind `this` in the constructor).

concerning you post scriptum in brackets, what I like with types is:

1. refactoring becomes simpler 2. understanding APIs becomes simpler

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Which version of Safari are you using? According to caniuse[0], arrow functions are supported in Safari starting with version 10, which is over four years old at this point.

[0] https://www.caniuse.com/arrow-functions

They said "arrow function methods", so I assume they're looking for public class fields support [1], not only arrow functions support per se. Public class fields (apart from static fields) are also supported in Safari though since September.

[1]: https://caniuse.com/mdn-javascript_classes_public_class_fiel...

Yes, that's exactly what I meant! Nice! Indeed, I had in mind a script I wrote just around that time and I guess the iPhone I was testing on was not fully updated. Just checked on my Safari on Big Sur and they do work now, sweet ! Should have tried / checked before commenting, thanks for the heads up ;)

Fat arrow functions are a core part of ES6. If your version of Safari doesn’t support these, I would argue it doesn’t support ES6.

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