For those of you still wanting to follow the current state of things, check out the proposal's repo [1], and the issue tracking my alternate proposal [2].
[1]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pattern-matching [2]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pattern-matching/issues/17 ----- Isiah Meadows [email protected] Looking for web consulting? Or a new website? Send me an email and we can get started. www.isiahmeadows.com On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Alex Deas <[email protected]> wrote: > I like pattern matching but don't think it would work well for ES, > although I'd love to see a proposal that proves me wrong. My main concerns > would be: > > - What are you matching on? Constructor, `instanceof`, duck typing, > prototype etc > - What happens when one type can be coerced to another. > - What happens in the case that the matching identifier doesn't exist? > - such as with `Object.create(null, {})` > > Alex > > > -----Original message----- > *From:* Sebastian Malton > *Sent:* Monday, July 3 2017, 12:44 pm > *To:* Henrik Sommerland; es-discuss > *Subject:* Re: Pattern matching? > > Are you thinking kind of like Rust's match statement? I think that > something like that would be quite a good addition. > > Sebastian > > *From:* [email protected] > *Sent:* June 30, 2017 9:55 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Pattern matching? > > Why is there no support for pattern matching in JavaScript? > I would guess that it has been proposed before, and if so why hasn't it > been included? > > I have been thinking about it and I think it would integrate nicely into > JavaScript. > If it hasn't been proposed already I would propose it, and I would gladly > look into it more and try to examine what kind of semantics would be > suitable. > > Peace! > -- > Henrik "TheGrandmother" Sommerland > > _______________________________________________ > > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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