Collections: add an init or default value
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Description
When getting a single value from collections, it would be nice for the adaptor to provide a default value if it doesn't exist
This is really useful for mappings, because it'll return an empty object instead of undefined, and save downstream errors
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The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the collection adaptor implementation and the code that retrieves a single value, then inspect existing tests for missing collection values. Done means the supported collection lookup can return the requested default for absent values, with tests covering the mapping case described here.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100