nullish operator `??` doesnt work on JS-view context varaibles

[Cube707]

this is not really a bug and more of a documentation / discussion.

Describe the Issue

all undefined variables will be initialized with the empty string when filling context of a JS-view field.

obsidian-meta-bind-plugin/packages/core/src/fields/viewFields/JsViewFieldMountable.ts

Line 61 in 7cab274

context[variable.contextName] = variable.metadataSignal.get() ?? '';

Steps to Reproduce

The following JS-view doesn't behave as expected. instead of returning empty for undefined properties, it will return the empty string.

~~~meta-bind-js-view
{fuzz} as var
---
return context.bound.var ?? "empty"
~~~

Further context

Not sure how this behavior guards against other issues I cant think of right now. In that case it should be better documented to avoid confusion.

[mProjectsCode]

Not sure why that's there. Might be a carryover from normal view fields, but it doesn't make much sense for JS view fields. I will probably change it to context[variable.contextName] = variable.metadataSignal.get(); for the next minor release.

[Cube707]

Not sure why that's there. Might be a carryover from normal view fields, but it doesn't make much sense for JS view fields. I will probably change it to context[variable.contextName] = variable.metadataSignal.get(); for the next minor release.

happy to hear that. looking forward to the fix.

I have way to many context.bound.var ? context.bound.var : 'default' in my vault 😄