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by edflsafoiewq 2984 days ago
The default pattern is a variable name.

> [About variable name patterns binding to the name] Eliminates the need for an else/default leg, because assignment to any variable will be sufficient. JS programmers are already used to assigning variables that are then ignored (in functions, in particular), and different people have different tastes in what that should be. _, other, etc, would all be perfectly cromulent alternatives.