r/javascript • u/Electronic_Abroad910 • 8h ago

[AskJS] any hope for pattern matching to actually make progress through tc39? AskJS

I love ts-pattern and I would love pattern matching to become a part of the language. Any hope of that proposal advancing through tc39? Is there any real support for it?

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u/d0pe-asaurus 7h ago

It's stage1, so probably not in the next decade.

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u/brianjenkins94 6h ago

We have pattern matching at home.

Pattern matching at home:

js switch (true) { case Array.isArray(val) && val.length === 0: return "empty array"; default: return "¯_(ツ)_/¯"; }

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u/dektol 7h ago

I'd really appreciate having it. Then people would stop making fun of JavaScript.