Existential Operator / Null Propagation Operator

[Angel Java Lopez]

Proposal for variable keys:

a.["b"].["c"].["d"]


On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Eli Perelman <eli at eliperelman.com> wrote:

> 2 dots may be problematic when parsing numbers (yeah, I know it's probably
> not common, but it's still valid):
>
> 3..toString()
>
> Eli Perelman
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Sander Deryckere <sanderd17 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 2015-10-29 19:22 GMT+01:00 Laurentiu Macovei <alonecomp at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> This would be amazing operator!!
>>>
>>> var error = a.b.c.d; //this would fail with error if a, b or c are null
>>> or undefined.
>>> var current = a && a.b && a.b.c && a.b.c.d; // the current messy way to
>>> handle this
>>> var typeScript = a?.b?.c?.d; // The typescript way of handling the above
>>> mess with no errors
>>>
>>> However I propose a more clear one - as not to confuse ? from the a ? b
>>> : c statements with a?.b statements:
>>>
>>> var x = a..b..c..d; //this would be ideal to understand that you assume
>>> that if any of a, b, c is null or undefined the result will be null or
>>> undefined.
>>>
>>> Two dots, means if its null or undefined stop processing further and
>>> assume the result of expression is null or undefined. (as d would be null
>>> or undefined).
>>>
>>> Two dots make it more clear, more visible and more space-wise so you
>>> understand what's going on.
>>>
>>> What do you think folks?
>>>
>>>
>> Do you also have a proposal on how to handle a["b"]["c"]["d"], so with
>> possibly variable keys.
>>
>> In any case, I think that the existential operator (whatever the exact
>> sign used is) will be better then the current way of chaining &&.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sander
>>
>>
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