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TSX support attribute object literal shorthand #31797

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tsx attribute shorthand, object shorthand

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ES6 has this great syntax of passing key value pairs in objects e.g.

function swahili() {
  const hello = 'jambo';
  const great = 'sawa';
  return {hello, great};
}

but in TSX land this doesn't transfer well e.g.

function render() {
  const hello = 'jambo';
  const great = 'sawa';
  return <Greetings {hello, great} />
}

typescript throws an error that it needs a TS1005: '...' expected.

It instead needs to be written as

function render() {
  const hello = 'jambo';
  const great = 'sawa';
  return <Greetings {...{hello, great}} />
}

which seems very boiler platey.

It would be awesome if we could make a small tweak to pass attributes like es6 shorthand.

so all of these would be equal

<Foo hello={hello} world={world} />
<Foo {hello} {world} />
<foo {hello, world} />

They would all be emitted as

h(Foo, {hello, world})

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My suggestion meets these guidelines:

  • This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
  • This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
  • This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
  • This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
  • This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.

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