On 20 April 2012 02:15, Allen Wirfs-Brock <al...@wirfs-brock.com> wrote:
> On Apr 19, 2012, at 4:16 PM, David Herman wrote:
>> let { unidentifiedAdult: mom as dad, unidentifiedChild: sister as brother
>> }
>>
>> or
>>
>> let { undentifiedAdult as mom as dad, unidentifiedChild as sister as
>> brother }
>>
>
> I actually I found
> propertyName : bindingIdentifier as bindingPattern
>
> (do I have the subparts right?) somewhat confusing at first and I think other
> might also. What is the difference between : and |as|?
Essentially the same as the difference between : and = in expressions.
Having said that, I don't like Dave's suggestion of overloading 'as'
for object destructuring. I agree that object patterns may be
confusing at first, but you also get used to that quickly. And
overloading 'as' is probably even more confusing, as this discussion
already shows.
> Why are different things allowed after each? Only one |as|? I actually
> think your second alternative is clearer but why not:
>
> let {unidentifiedAdult : mom : dad : auntie, unidentifiedChild : sister :
> brother} = peopleComstants.
*gulp*
Not sure if that was a serious suggestion, but let me emphasize again
that layered patterns need to be _compositional_, because you want to
be able to use them in other places, e.g. parameter lists. Tying them
to one particular, unrelated destructuring construct is not right.
> If you think about destructuring simply as an alternative initialization
> syntax that seems to make more sense. Essentially : and = are duals that
> operate in opposite directions:
>
> let {unidentifiedAdult : mom : dad : auntie} = peopleComstants;
> //right to left initialization
> vs
> let mom = dad = auntie = peopleComstants. unidentifiedAdult; //left to
> right initialization
I disagree. That is a bogus analogy. An object pattern is completely
different from a 'let'. In particular, the latter binds 'mom', but not
'dad' and 'auntie'. The proper equivalence (I wouldn't call it a
duality) would be
let {unidentifiedAdult : mom as dad as auntie} = peopleComstants;
vs
let mom as dad as auntie = peopleComstants.unidentifiedAdult;
You cannot even express it without a compositional 'as'.
/Andreas
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