in CoffeeScript, how can I use a variable as a key in a hash?

Question

eg:

So:

foo = \"asdf\"
{foo: \"bar\"}
eval foo

# how do I g         


        

Answer 1

For anyone that finds this question in the future, as of CoffeeScript 1.9.1 interpolated object literal keys are supported!

The syntax looks like this:

myObject =
  a: 1
  "#{ 1 + 2 }": 3

See https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/commit/76c076db555c9ac7c325c3b285cd74644a9bf0d2