The idea here is that it's often useful to have a selector whose value is a domain object.
IOW
model = {
users: [{ name: 'Bob', id: 1}, { name: 'Sally', id: 2}];
selected: undefined
}
<select value={{ selected }}>
<option template repeat="{{ user in users }}" value="{{ user }}">{{ user.name }}</option>
</select>
The idea here is that it's often useful to have a selector whose value is a domain object.
IOW