Why isn't the route object configured with default property value?

[dman777]

How come the route object is not initialized according to documentation? Even if the route is global, shouldn't each element get it's own copy as stated below?

shop-app.html

      static get properties() { return {
        page: {
          type: String,
          reflectToAttribute: true,
          observer: '_pageChanged'
        },
        numItems: {
          type: Number,
          value: 0
        },
        _shouldShowTabs: {
          computed: '_computeShouldShowTabs(page, smallScreen)'
        },
        _shouldRenderTabs: {
          computed: '_computeShouldRenderTabs(_shouldShowTabs, loadComplete)'
        },
        _shouldRenderDrawer: {
          computed: '_computeShouldRenderDrawer(smallScreen, loadComplete)'
        }

[keanulee]

Having separate objects is needed when there are multiple instances of the same element (i.e. multiple <shop-app>s) - here there's only ever one <shop-app>. The value of route comes from the two-way bound <app-location> element, so in this case even if there were multiple <shop-app>s each location element will provide its own route object. Although probably good for documentation, it's not necessary to define each property in the static get properties() block.

[dman777]

thanks