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What *does* and *should* this line of code do? const { } = undefined;
I only know the answer because someone was angry and complained on the Babel repo, which resulted in: function _objectDestructuringEmpty(obj) { if (obj == null) throw new TypeError("Cannot destructure undefined"); }
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RYAN CAVANAUGH
"why did you write that code in the first place"
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w...was it me? I vaguely remember filing bugs on babel while I was implementing it in v8/jsc
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Actually doesn't look like it! The issue was pretty tame. I had enough angry people that all the issues are a blur.https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/681 …
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But the issue here is because you’re trying to destructure undefined, or because you didn’t specify keys to be destructured?
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Both. When you do `const {foo} = undefined` that can just be `http://undefined.foo `, as that will always be an error. The problem becomes with `const {} = undefined;` where there's no property access so you have to do it yourself.
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Github should have a label called "someone was angry" so you can tag these issues appropriately
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But null is an object
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