A different semantics for WeakMap#get default value

[David Bruant]

Hi,

I recently wrote some code using WeakMaps and the following pattern
keeps coming over and over:
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var v = wm.get(o);
if(v === undefined){
    v = someValue;
    order.set(o, v);
}

// now, wn has a value for o (either it already did or it's been added)
// v === wm.get(o)
// play with v
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The "v === undefined" is fine in my case, because I know I never store
"undefined" as a value.

I thought that maybe the semantics of WeakMap#get could be changed
whenever the key is not used to set the value and return it.
My pattern would be reduced to:
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var v = wm.get(o, someValue);
// now, wn has a value for o (either it already did or it's been added)
// v === wm.get(o)
// play with v
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Thinking more about the current semantics, I thought that what is
currently done could be achieved a bit differently:
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var v = wm.get(o, def);
// almost equivalent to:
var v = wm.get(o) || def;
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There is a difference when the vaue stored in the weak map is a falsy value.

My personal experience is to store mostly objects (so truthy) as weak
map values, so I wouldn't be affected. Has anyone else experience in
storing falsy values?

David