Andrew Plummer

@vendethiel Well, it's true that something like `Sugar.Date.chain(a)` *would* be more explicit (even `Sugar.chain(a)` would work, now that I think about it...). However it would essentially make the syntax `Sugar.Date(a)`...

@Catscratch I agree. This is something that I will look into very soon. To refresh since this issue has been open so long though, how do you think it would...

Well it is possible but again `every` also would do this as it returns a boolean but is not an `is` function. I would like a rule that is 100%...

Like.... _all_ of them? String#toUpperCase... _all_?

Yeah, so I'm thinking that's more what this area was designed for: http://sugarjs.com/libs

Right well of course it doesn't fit into any of the packages presented, but it would be its own thing, like a native JS reference. Of course I like the...

This is it. The comment that I've taken the longest to get around to. And guess what, I'm still going to leave it open. Both the library and the documentation...

Ooops my hand is now reaching for the close button instinctively at this point. Itching to do it for this one too....

Actually, Sugar date parsing is always strict, and in fact there was previously a request to make it "non-strict" (#297), which is possible, but not given priority as a use...

To be honest, I'm not really sure what any of this means in the context of this discussion. In any case, let us define "strict mode" as a concept which...