Object from comprehension in CoffeeScript [dict/hash comprehensions]

Question

is there a way to return an object from a comprehension in coffeescript? something so that i could express this:

form_values = () ->   ret = {}   ret[f.name] = f.value for f in $('input, textarea, select')   return ret 

like this:

form_values = () -> f.name, f.value for f in $('input, textarea, select') 

i'd like to construct a single object (not an array of objects). so if the markup looks something like this:

<form name=blah>   <input type=text name=blah1 value=111 />   <textarea name=blah2>222</textarea>   <select name=blah3>     <option value=333a>     <option value=333b>   </select> </form> 

the returned object would be something like this:

{   blah1: '111',   blah2: '222',   blah3: '' } 

Answer 1

form_values = new ->   @[f.name] = f.value for f in $ 'input, textarea, select'   this 

or

form_values = new class then constructor: ->   @[f.name] = f.value for f in $ 'input, textarea, select' 

Answer 2

Nope. Comprehensions only return arrays in CoffeeScript. Search the issue tracker for object comprehensions, and you'll find several proposals, but none were found suitable.