Suggesting an inconsistency inside defaults function #178
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The comment in line 87 is inaccurate
```Replace values with defaults only if undefined (allow empty/zero values)
```
__ Problem:__
We try to pass in 2 objects inside defaults function and we get an unexpected result.
```
defaults({color: null}, {color:'grey', wheels:2})
// returns {color: "grey", wheels: 2}
```
This output shows that the null value is overwritten by the defs value. This is inaccurate and inconsistent with the comment.
__Solution:__
With this fix, the expected output is corrected to return
```
{color: null, wheels: 2},
```
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There is an inaccuracy regarding the comment in line 87, regarding allowing for empty/ zero values
Problem:
Calling the defaults function, if object has a value of null, its value will be overwritten by the defs value.
Below is an example:
This is inconsistent with the comment, which should allow for empty/ zero values.
To fix it, null can be swapped for undefined.
Solution:
With this fix, the expected output is returned.
If the authors consider to not replace this code due to reasons such that it might brake the code for existing users of accounting.js, I suggest to at least change the comment to be more accurate, for example:
Thanks to @gordonmzhu for the inspiration behind this pull request.