An array destructing specification choice

[David Herman]

On Nov 11, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Axel Rauschmayer wrote:

>> Also: we'll definitely want to allow it for splicing, so the grammar will have to allow it already, and symmetry/consistency argue for allowing it in destructuring too. Likewise for function formals and actuals.
> 
> 
> Using it for splicing suggests a construction analog:
> 
> let r = [2,3,4]
> let arr = [0,1,..r, 5, 6, 7]

That's what I meant by splicing.

> The grammar seems to support this, but I’ve never seen it in an example.
> 
> I might also be useful in parameter lists:
> 
> function foo(first, ...middle, last) {
> } 

That's what I meant by function formals and actuals.

Dave