No, it calls `[Symbol.iterator]()` on the RHS iterable, using the iterator
protocol. It has nothing to do with arrays.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Olivier Lalonde <olalo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ```
> > 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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