> ```
> function* ones(){ while(true) yield 1; }
> var [...a]=ones(); // freezes
> ```
So if that freezes, whats the problem with `[...a, last]`? It would just
freeze as well...
> access to array elements may have side effects
Doesn't `[a, b,...vals]` access array elements?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Cyril Auburtin <cyril.aubur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> ah ok, I forgot about other types of iterables, like infinite ones:
> ```
> function* ones(){ while(true) yield 1; }
> var [...a]=ones(); // freezes
> ```
>
>
> 2016-10-01 18:24 GMT+02:00 Dmitry Soshnikov <dmitry.soshni...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Yeah, because it's not a pattern patching, and access to array elements
>> may have side effects, it's seems hard to specify/implement. Otherwise,
>> destructuring might analyze the pattern, see the last element is required,
>> extract it, and then do iteration for others.
>>
>> Dmitry
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, October 1, 2016, Michael Theriot <
>> michael.lee.ther...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think this is because there's no universal way of determining when an
>>> iterator ends. The only way this could work for all iterators would require
>>> popping values off of `a` after they've been added.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 6:17 AM, Cyril Auburtin <cyril.aubur...@gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It was possibly already discussed, but why isn't:
>>>> ```
>>>> var [...a, last] = [1,2,3];
>>>> ```
>>>> supported?
>>>>
>>>> I don't see the problem, as long as there's one ... only
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