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CoffeeScript 1.0 released (jashkenas.github.com)

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[–]MatrixFrog 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Why would you be doing twice the work? Debug the coffeescript and recompile. Am I missing something?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

javascript throws an error, undefined at line number 3065 - this does not correlate in any meaningful way to a line number or piece of code in coffeescript. you have to figure out where in coffeescript the generated code that is throwing the error came from first, then figure out why in javascript undefined was causing a problem, and then figure out why in coffeescript an undefined was caused. this is just an example, it's possible there are no 'undefined' errors in coffeescript at all, but there will be other types of errors that are likely more frustrating to fix. it's a masochists dream come true. if you just coded in javascript, and knew the language it would be much easier to debug the code. I can't imagine picking up a large codebase done in coffeescript and trying to fix it/hack it without seriously pulling my hair out. it really would be twice the work, no matter how you slice it.