On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Peter Michaux wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> The destructuring pattern here is an array, but objects work too:
>>
>> js> let {length: len} = foo()
>
> The above has always instinctively looked to me like the variable
> "length" is being assigned the value of the "len" property of the
> object returned by foo. That is the way an object literal works: the
> right value is assigned to the left property.
Probably not instinct (no survival advantage ;-); possibly lack of
familiarity with the new form in context. Try using it in more
realistic code for a few days (especially the shorthand form) and
ping me if it still reads like an object initialiser.
/be
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