Array.prototype.toObjectByProperty( element=>element.property )

[Naveen Chawla]

You're thinking of `iterator`

On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:01 Jordan Harband <ljharb at gmail.com> wrote:

> An iterator is just an object with a `next` method. There's no consistent
> place to put any prototype methods on all iterables, so that's a nonstarter
> imo.
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:26 AM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I do not use entries so I would not use `Object.fromEntries`. For arrays
>> I could just use reduce, instead of transforming to [key, value] entries,
>> before factoring it into an `arrayToObject` function in my code (which I
>> already do) when I want to do it from more than one place in my code - if
>> there existed no more direct way of transforming from iterable to object.
>> All entries arrays are iterable, but not all iterables are entries arrays,
>> which means that iterable is the more generic concept than entries, meaning
>> that iterable, not entries, is the more suitable starting point for this
>> functionality.
>>
>> `Object.fromIterable(iterable, keyFromElement[, valueFromElement])` is
>> more verbose than `iterable.toObject(keyFromElement[, valueFromElement])
>> and doesn't allow chaining after iterable transformation methods (like
>> `filter` etc.)
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 at 16:23 Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> OK thanks for the link - can you explain where the complexity is in my
>>> proposal?
>>>
>>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 at 16:14 T.J. Crowder <
>>> tj.crowder at farsightsoftware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Furthermore, if you use entries, this allows `[key, value]` entries
>>>> > with object keys to be transformed into objects (which is not
>>>> > allowed by `Object.fromEntries`):
>>>>
>>>> With respect, please do have a *thorough* read of my first reply in
>>>> this thread, the ensuing discussion with Darien, and Darien's proposal, in
>>>> particular [this bit of it](
>>>> https://github.com/bathos/object-from-entries#additional-arguments).
>>>> Those various sources explain my comment about complexity and how
>>>> `Object.fromEntries` might do what you want.
>>>>
>>>> -- T.J. Crowder
>>>>
>>>
>
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