In that case it would be very similar but pick is more general then the shorthand object literal syntax, it can be used with nested index lika .a.b.c or any exp

In that case it would be very similar but pick is more general then the shorthand object literal syntax, it can be used with nested index lika .a.b.c or any expression like pick(if .a then .b else .c end) but both has it uses i think.