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

[Jordan Harband]

Naveen:
`Object.fromIterable(recentCountryNames, countryName=>countryName,
countryName=>countriesByName[countryName])`

could also be:

`Object.fromEntries(Array.from(recentCountryNames, countryName =>
([countryName, countriesByName[countryName]])))`, without needing a
potentially confusing "keyCallback, entryCallback" API nor without builtins
needing to invoke user-supplied functions.


TJ:
I'm confused, can you provide a code sample?

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:08 AM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jordan, great question.
>
> An iterable of anything!
>
> This is the signature:
>
> ```
> Object.fromIterable(iterable, keyFromElement[, valueFromElement])
> ```
>
> Examples follow:
>
> Supposing you had an array:
>
> ```
> [
>     {
>         countryName: 'UK',
>         population: 65640000
>     },
>     {
>         countryName: 'USA',
>         population: 323100000
>     },
>     {
>         countryName: 'Denmark',
>         population: 5731000
>     }
> ]
> ```
> ...and you wanted to cache the items by country name for quick access, to
> get:
>
> ```
> {
>     UK: {
>         countryName: 'UK',
>         population: 65640000
>     },
>     USA: {
>         countryName: 'USA',
>         population: 323100000
>     },
>     Denmark: {
>         countryName: 'Denmark',
>         population: 5731000
>     }
> }
> ```
>
> ...you would simply do
>
> ```
> const countriesByName = Object.fromIterable(countries,
> country=>country.countryName);
> ```
>
> to get that result. (the 2nd parameter defaults to return the iterated
> value if not provided).
>
> As callbacks, the `keyFromElement` and `valueFromElement` parameters allow
> you to supply anything you like to transform from the iterated element (or
> from elsewhere) into the keys and values you want:
>
> e.g. if you had an array of strings called "recentCountryNames" with
> `['UK', 'Denmark']`:
>
> ```
> const recentCountryDetailsByName = Object.fromIterable(recentCountryNames,
> countryName=>countryName, countryName=>countriesByName[countryName])
> ```
>
> would produce:
>
> ```
> {
>     UK: {
>         countryName: 'UK',
>         population: 65640000
>     },
>     Denmark: {
>         countryName: 'Denmark',
>         population: 5731000
>     }
> }
> ```
>
> As an aside, it can easily transform entries as follows:
> `Object.fromIterable(entries, entry=>entry[0], entry=>entry[1])` (if the
> entry "keys" happen to be valid object keys, otherwise you can simply
> provide a different transformation for the `keyFromElement` callback) but
> works equally well with all types of iterables
>
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:55 Jordan Harband <ljharb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you're misunderstanding; the function would of course take an
>> iterable. However, an iterable of what?
>>
>> If it's an iterable of objects, then what's the key and what's the value?
>> What if it's an iterable of strings?
>>
>> The only thing that makes sense is if it's an iterable that provides both
>> a key and a value - and "entries" is the idiomatic structure in the
>> language to respect a list of key/value pairs (besides "an object", of
>> course).
>>
>> What would you suggest?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It is more generic than `fromEntries`
>>>
>>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:32 Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Iterable to object via `Object.fromIterable`
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:31 Jordan Harband <ljharb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> JS doesn't have interfaces (yet, tho there's a proposal) and
>>>>> regardless, the "interface" for "iterable" is "it has Symbol.iterator,
>>>>> nothing more".
>>>>>
>>>>> The only place a method like this - that produces an object - could
>>>>> possibly exist, is a static method on Object.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've already outlined two existing methods to copy one object's
>>>>> entries to another; the only new functionality would be "creating an object
>>>>> from entries", hence Object.fromEntries or similar.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still haven't seen any use cases that aren't covered by the existing
>>>>> "copy one object to another", or by a possible "entries to object" - does
>>>>> anyone have any?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But I accept that this a very tall order for ES
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:22 Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Java has a great example of such a construct: default interface
>>>>>>> methods
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:21 Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The `toObject` behaviour doesn't need to be "implemented" on a
>>>>>>>> per-iterable class basis. It has a constant behaviour: iterate and on each
>>>>>>>> next(), pass the value to the `toKeyFromElement` and `toValueFromElement`
>>>>>>>> callbacks to generate and return an object. There must be some construct by
>>>>>>>> which that can be achieved. I wouldn't call it "better" to put it on Object
>>>>>>>> (for the reasons stated), but rather a compromise in the absence of any
>>>>>>>> such construct
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 13:12 T.J. Crowder <
>>>>>>>> tj.crowder at farsightsoftware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Naveen Chawla <
>>>>>>>>> naveen.chwl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > It would be in the `iteratable` `protocol` (interface)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As Jordan said, that's likely to be a nonstarter. The Iterable
>>>>>>>>> protocol is *very* lean (exactly one required property) for a reason: So it
>>>>>>>>> can be supported with minimum investment. Much better, IMHO, to put
>>>>>>>>> functions on `Object` and `Map` (which is why that's what I suggested).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -- T.J. Crowder
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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