The closest you can get to DEstructuring assignmeNT with good old ES5's objects and functions.
dent for arrays:
> var tuple = ['first', 'second', 'third']
> dent(tuple)
> var a = dent() // Or in a single statement: dent(tuple)()
> var b = dent()
> var c = dent()
> dent.idx
3 // Next element's index.
> [a, b, c]
[ 'first', 'second', 'third' ]dent for objects:
> var pair = { first: 'foo', second: 'bar' }
> dent(pair)
> var a = dent.o.first // Or in a single statement: dent(pair).o.first
> var b = dent.o.second
> [a, b]
[ 'foo', 'bar' ]Save reference to obj in dent.o. Return the dent itself.
Object passed to dent the last time.
Return the next element (with index dent.idx) and increment dent.idx by 1.
Next element's index (as would be accessed by dent()).
dent storage is temporary. Drop your object in, take it apart, but don't assume that it will sit in dent.o or dent.idx will be the same next time you check.
npm install dentMIT