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Arrow functions (ES6)

Category

JavaScript

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 45)

Intent stage

None

Summary

The arrow (=>) takes the place of the function keyword

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-arrow-function-definitions
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: In development
• Web developers: Mixed signals
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=2700

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/Arrow_functions

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/arrows-es6/index.html

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