See https://github.com/zkat/proposal-as-patterns

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 12:24 AM Sultan <[email protected]> wrote:

> The ability to both name and de-structure an argument.
>
> Relying on the spread operator does not archive the same effect
> considering that the spread operator "by design" has some short-comings
> related to exotic objects when the objects in question have a rich
> prototype you want to preserve.
>
> Consider the following proposal:
>
> function fn (arg pick {a, b = arg.b = 'value'}) {}
>
> This would allow four fundamental things of note missing from current
> de-structuring status-quo:
>
> 1. The ability to have both named arguments and de-structuring.
>
> 2. The ability to reference the named argument within the de-structure.
> This allows the above pattern of setting a default value on the passed
> argument when it doesn't exist.
>
> 3. This in turn also affords you the ability to de-structure while also
> preserving the exotic nature of an object when it is not a POJO object.
>
> That is when "arg" is an exotic use-defined object using the spread
> operator "{...arg}" will discard its prototype.
>
> For example:
>
> function a ({a, ...b}) { return b }
>
> a([1, 2])
>
> Returns a object with index-able keys instead of the array.
>
> 4. Consequently this addition would also afford the avoidance of any
> overhead that one might want to avoid with the rest spread operation: {a,
> b, ...arg} in hot paths.
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