the alternative is that the second argument expects an array of 1 to n
source objects. This works with reduce and leaves way clear for future 3rd
argument (eg deep copy boolean)


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Andrea Giammarchi <
andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> true ... as true is for anything that will ever be passed to reduce that
> accept just 2 arguments. Handy in a way, blocking progress in others.
>
> `Object.assing(target, ...[multSources]);`
>
> wins to me
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Domenic Denicola <
> dome...@domenicdenicola.com> wrote:
>
>> Interestingly, if multiple arguments are not added now, they may never be
>> possible, since there will be so much `[a, b, c].reduce(Object.assign)`
>> code in the wild that implicitly passes an index as the third parameter and
>> the whole array as the fourth parameter.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: es-discuss [mailto:es-discuss-boun...@mozilla.org] On Behalf Of
>> Brendan Eich
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 20:18
>> To: Claude Pache
>> Cc: es-discuss
>> Subject: Re: Object.assign with several source objects
>>
>> It's now or never. I agree multiple sources are useful enough to do now;
>> I don't see a different third parameter that would be precluded by deciding
>> this. But others may disagree.
>>
>> /be
>>
>> > Claude Pache <mailto:claude.pa...@gmail.com> December 17, 2013 5:06 PM
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Tonight, when playing with ES6's new functions, I was wishing that
>> > `Object.assign` could accept several `source` objects:
>> >
>> > Object.assign(target, source1, source2, ...) // equivalent to
>> > `Object.assign(Object.assign(Object.assign(target, source1), source2),
>> > ...)`
>> >
>> > My use case: I have several objects, used as dictionaries, coming from
>> > different sources, and I want to merge them together. For example:
>> >
>> > c.prototype.exec = function(userParams) { var params = Object.assign({
>> > method: "GET" }, this.defaultParams,
>> > userParams)
>> > // etc.
>> > }
>> >
>> > Any thoughts?
>> >
>> > -Claude
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