At the cost of adding more code, but giving more power, perhaps what we
want is something akin to Kotlin's `it` keyword:
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/lambdas.html?_ga=2.238822404.500195435.1575368476-1345353619.1575368476#it-implicit-name-of-a-single-parameter
*it: implicit name of a single parameter*
*It's very common that a lambda expression has only one parameter.*
*If the compiler can figure the signature out itself, it is allowed not to
declare the only parameter and omit ->. The parameter will be implicitly
declared under the name it:*
ints.filter { it > 0 } // this literal is of type '(it: Int) -> Boolean'
What we'd want is something concise and non-ambiguous to fulfill the same
role; something that cannot currently be a valid identifier, maybe. This is
the point where I start scanning the keyboard for underutilised symbols...
I'm thinking the hash symbol would work. To re-use the original example:
```js
const activeProducts = products.filter(#.active);
const productNames = products.map(#.name);
const sortedProducts = _.sortBy(products, #.name);
const { true: activeProducts, false: inactiveProducts } =
_.groupBy(products, #.active);
```
It makes intuitive sense in 2 ways, I think; # makes you think of the
object hash you're extracting a property from, and also is familiar as
something's id from CSS selectors.
We could also extend it to represent multiple parameters: # is also aliased
as #0, the 2nd parameter is #1, etc.
Further, dynamic properties would work too: `const fooProducts =
products.filter(#[foo]);
*-*-------------------------
Dammit babies, you've got to be kind.
On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 22:32, Waldemar Horwat <walde...@google.com> wrote:
> On 11/24/19 9:17 PM, Bob Myers wrote:
> > FWIW, the syntax `.propName` does appear to be syntactically unambiguous.
>
> It conflicts with contextual keywords such as `new . target`.
>
> Waldemar
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