the `do` operator might be good enough
```js
const z = do { const z = x?.y?.z; z ? doSomethingWithValue(z) : null; };
```
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 3:48 PM Claude Pache <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Le 13 nov. 2019 à 03:43, devlato <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> Hey folks,
>
> not sure if you haven't discussed something similar, but what do you think
> about making an enhancement for the ternary operator, to make it more
> powerful?
> I've created a small explanatory doc on GitHub:
> https://github.com/devlato/proposal-ternary-placeholder
>
> Warmest regards,
> Denis
>
>
> The generic problem is: you do some computation, and you want to reuse the
> result of that computation later.
>
> The generic solution is to use a temporary variable:
>
> ```js
> // declare a temporary variable at the top of some scope
> var _;
>
> // later, use it:
> const X = () => (_ = x?.y?.z) ? doSomethingWithValue(_) : null;
> ```
>
> Now, you are not satisfied with the existing solution, and you want to
> avoid declaration of temporary variables in some outer scope...? Maybe:
>
> ```js
> const X = () => (#1 = x?.y?.z) ? doSomethingWithValue(#1) : null;
> ```
>
> (Any similarity with
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/Web/Sharp_variables_in_JavaScript
> is
> not at all fortuitous.) However, I’m not convinced that the need to declare
> your temporary variables is such a problem that it is worth the
> introduction of new syntax.
>
>
> —Claude
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