Related discussion https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/issues/1399
On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 8:46 AM Alex Kodat <[email protected]> wrote: > Just curious. Is there a reason template literals are not allowed as > property names in object literals? I can do: > > let obj = {'foo bar': 1}; > > and > > let obj = {"foo bar": 1}; > > but not > > let obj = {`foo bar`: 1}; > > It doesn't seem that allowing the latter would present any syntactic > problems and seems like almost an oversight that it's not allowed. > > The main reason I ask is that we've gone completely over to using template > literals for all our literals (why not?) and was surprised that we can't > use a template literal as an object literal property name. Obviously, we > can do: > > let obj = {[`foo bar`]: 1}; > > And given that square brackets allow arbitrary expressions for propery > names, it wouldn't seem that supporting template literals for object > literal property names would not present any daunting implementation issues. > > I guess I'd argue that the Principle of Least Astonishment and/or > completeness suggests that JS should support this. > > Sorry if this has been asked before but couldn't find anything in the > archive. > > Thanks > > ------ > Alex Kodat > Senior Product Architect > Rocket Software > t: +1 781 684 2294 • m: +1 315 527 4764 • w: www.rocketsoftware.com > > ================================ > Rocket Software, Inc. and subsidiaries ■ 77 Fourth Avenue, Waltham MA > 02451 ■ Main Office Toll Free Number: +1 855.577.4323 > Contact Customer Support: > https://my.rocketsoftware.com/RocketCommunity/RCEmailSupport > Unsubscribe from Marketing Messages/Manage Your Subscription Preferences - > http://www.rocketsoftware.com/manage-your-email-preferences > Privacy Policy - > http://www.rocketsoftware.com/company/legal/privacy-policy > ================================ > > This communication and any attachments may contain confidential > information of Rocket Software, Inc. All unauthorized use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify Rocket Software immediately and destroy all copies of this > communication. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >
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