$.when should accept an array of promises

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This would be super nice, because $.when.apply($, promisesArr) looks converugly.

I'm not sure if there's a case where you'd want an array to be treated like a resolved Deferred that this would break – if so, maybe you could peek at the first element to see if it's a promise?

[jaubourg]

This would break things like:

$.when( [ 1, 2, 3 ] );

Inspecting the first element only wouldn't make sense either.

You can easily code your own whenArray functionality if and when you're tired of apply:

jQuery.whenArray = function( array ) {
    return jQuery.when.apply( this, array );
};

A "deep" when could be nice though but that's another conversation.

[Rick Waldron]

#10307 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[Rick Waldron]

#10367 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[Rick Waldron]

#11172 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[Rick Waldron]

So, considering the number of requests for this feature, I'm wondering if we should consider adding support?

[jaubourg]

Replying to rwaldron:

So, considering the number of requests for this feature, I'm wondering if we should consider adding support?

If we do so, then we add the two liner given above. I think people are being lazy here and refuse to aknowledge the inconsistencies implied as long as "it works" for them.

[Rick Waldron]

@jaubourg TBH, I'm willing to go with whatever you recommend, but I also still think it's feature creep/bloat

[Rick Waldron]

#14117 is a duplicate of this ticket.