Re:TC39 Pipeline Operator – Hack vs. F#
by eyelidlessness on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @05:23PM
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> Source? This hasn't been my experience. Going on 10 years of heavy Node.js ecosystem involvement, immutable data enthusiasts are exceedingly rare.
Not an authoritative source, but since you cite your own experience, mine has been the opposite. Especially so when TypeScript is also in the mix.
> Plus, this is const vs let, which is a reach to call "immutable data". We're not talking about object properties.
As I mentioned in a sibling comment, const is often used to signal the intent to treat an assignment as immutable. This isn’t universal, but I understand it to be idiomatic usage.
Not an authoritative source, but since you cite your own experience, mine has been the opposite. Especially so when TypeScript is also in the mix.
> Plus, this is const vs let, which is a reach to call "immutable data". We're not talking about object properties.
As I mentioned in a sibling comment, const is often used to signal the intent to treat an assignment as immutable. This isn’t universal, but I understand it to be idiomatic usage.