Meaning of babel error: "Complex binding patterns require an initialization value"

Question

I'm using linting my reactjs code with babel and am running into this strangely tough to track down issue: "Parsing Error: Complex binding patterns require an initialization value"

For this line of my react code: var {children={}, Activator={}} = this.props

Does anyone know what this means or how to make it go away?

Thanks very much.

Answer 1

The last time I encountered this issue, it was due to some improper destructuring syntax. Your issue might be related to a difficulty in parsing the destructuring in your variable assignment.