Array Comprehensions

[Allen Wirfs-Brock]

See
https://github.com/tc39/tc39-notes/blob/master/es6/2014-06/jun-5.md#generator-comprehensions-slides-plz

https://speakerdeck.com/dherman/a-better-future-for-comprehensions


https://github.com/tc39/tc39-notes/blob/master/es6/2014-07/jul-30.md#47-revisit-comprehension-decision-from-last-meeting 

On Apr 16, 2017, 9:36 AM, at 9:36 AM, "Herby Vojčík" <herby at mailbox.sk> wrote:
>Ryan Birmingham wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I frequently find myself desiring a short array or generator
>> comprehension syntax. I'm aware that there are functional ways around
>> use of comprehension syntax, but I personally (at least) love the
>syntax
>> in the ES reference
>>
>(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Array_comprehensions).
>>
>> The best previous discussion on this that I found was six years old
>> (https://esdiscuss.org/topic/array-comprehensions-shorter-syntax) and
>> answers some of my questions, raising others. That said, I wanted to
>ask:
>>
>>   * Why is the Comprehension Syntax in the reference yet not more
>>     standard? It feels almost like a tease.
>
>IIRC, it was discussed here throroughly for ES6 (~2yrs ago?) and it was
>
>rejected in favour of .map/.filter/arrays fns.
>
>>   * How do you usually approach or avoid this issue?
>>   * Do you think we should look at improving and standardizing the
>>     comprehension syntax?
>>
>>
>> Thank you all for humoring me,
>>
>> -Ryan Birmingham
>>
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