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Destructuring Assignment

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Description

# Goal
Allow users to use [destructuring assignment](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment).

# Overview
Destructuring assignment is pretty helpful and should be implemented. Destructured variables should become locals. Destructured variables should not need type annotation as they can be inferred, so that is super useful.

# Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] `const [x, y] = arrayObject;`
- [ ] `const {x, y} = vectorObject;`
- [ ] Type annotations for destructured locals are not necessary
- [ ] Tests

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Research direction

The issue names no implementation files or tests. Start by locating the compiler's parser and existing assignment handling, then trace how locals are represented and inferred. Add coverage for array and object destructuring, including inferred local types, and verify the acceptance examples compile successfully.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, wasm
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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