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

[Naveen Chawla]

Of these, insertion ordering is the only one that may be compelling enough
to me when I require that, to overcome the disadvantages. I never use the
object prototype and I'm not convinced about the performance aspect. I
reiterate though that `Map.fromIterable(allThePeople, person=>person.name)`
is less verbose for the stated use case

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 at 11:55 Darien Valentine <valentinium at gmail.com> wrote:

> @Alexander The idea of a generalized `map` function (etc, I’m guessing) is
> appealing. From the way you talked about it, it sounds like there may have
> been
> past discussion on the topic. Are there any proposals for this or major
> ideas
> being batted around?
>
> > Why? What's the advantage? You lose at least the square bracket and dot
> > notations for access, as disadvantages, and I'm not aware of any
> advantages.
> > If there aren't any that compensate for the disadvantages, then it's a
> net
> > negative
>
> @Naveen — a handful of things. Objects are indeed a perfectly reasonable
> choice
> for modeling kvp collections a lot of the time. On the other hand, because
> objects in ES serve double duty as ways to model data and ways to "model
> code",
> they are not always ideal for the former case on account of the features
> that
> exist mainly to serve the second. Some examples of things that make maps
> useful:
> inherently iterable; no prototype chain access lookup; no collision with
> `Object.prototype` property name when hashing by arbitrary keys;
> potentially
> more efficient for situations where keys are frequently removed;
> `map.has()` is
> more straightforward than having to consider whether you want `key in` or
> `Object.hasOwnProperty` or which properties have been defined as
> enumerable or
> not; iteration order of entries is 1:1 with insertion order; and of
> course, keys
> can be of any type. Further, maps can be subclassed to constrain the types
> that
> they may hold or add other behaviors without needing to define custom
> Proxies.
>
> Some general use cases: registries; hashing data where keys are from
> external
> input; kvp collections which are ordered; kvp collections which will be
> subject
> to later transformations; kvp collections to which new keys are frequently
> added
> or removed.
>
> While I hope that information is somewhat helpful, there are probably much
> more
> detailed resources online (including, I suspect, past discussions on this
> list)
> which could explain some of those things better or which include cases I
> haven’t
> thought of.
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