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Babel 7.18.0: destructuring private elements and TypeScript 4.7
babeljs.io@babeljs
Highlights:
  • Private destructuring:
        const { #x: x, y: y } = this;
        
  • Support for several new TypeScript 4.7 features: instantiation expressions, explicit variance annotations for type arguments, constraints for the infer operator in conditional types.


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ESLint v8.16.0 released
eslint.org@m_djermanovic, @geteslint
Highlight: The no-misleading-character-class rule now provides editor suggestions for some of the problems reported by this rule.


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Deno 1.22 release notes
deno.com@biwanczuk, @lcasdev, @deno_land
Highlights:
  • Default type checking behavior has been updated (in preparation for not type checking deno run in v1.23).
  • Removal of unstable Deno.emit(), Deno.formatDiagnostics() and Deno.applySourceMap() APIs
  • Deno namespace is available in workers by default.
  • --no-config flag
  • Navigator.userAgent


RFC 9239: Updates to ECMAScript media types
2ality.com@2ality
This blog post answers two questions:
  • What are the consequences of text/javascript now being the only standard MIME type for JavaScript? (No real consequences in practice, but all standards are on the same page now.)
  • Do we have to use the filename extension .mjs for modules now? (No, using .js works well on all platforms.)


Library “Wild Wild Path”: accessing properties via key paths
github.com@ehmicky
The following kinds of property key paths are supported:
  • Dot-delimited paths: 'foo.bar.0.baz'
  • Wildcards: 'foo.*', '**.bar'
  • Regexps: 'foo./ba?/'
  • Slices: 'foo.0:2'
  • Unions: 'foo bar baz'
Based on these paths, the library supports getting, setting, listing, etc. of properties.



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