agreed, already imagining loops like
```js
while (arr.contains(value)) arr.remove(value);
```
although that looks a bit nicer than
```js
var i;
while (-1 < (i = arr.indexOf(value))) arr.splice(i, 1);
```
my main concern about `.contains()` is its potentially un-optimal
implementation and error prone logic.
Most of the time we want to know if an array contains something to avoid
duplicated because we are missing `.unique()`
```js
if (!arr.contains(obj)) arr.push(obj);
```
Most other times we want to do some action with that contained value or its
index and here we have a redundant and error prone cases:
```js
if (arr.contains(obj)) {
// need the index anyway
var i = arr.indexOf(obj); // but this might fail !!!!
// splice or do other things ...
}
```
AFAIR the latter `.contains()` does not suffer same problems `.indexOf()`
does and this will result in incompatible operations with array indexes,
assuming contains told us we are good to go.
As example, `.contains(NaN)` can cause disaster-prone logics if followed by
`.indexOf(NaN)` because the first check will tell the developer at runtime
for sure something was there while the second check will return a lovely -1
most likely unexpected inside the block that believe `.contains(value)` was
a safe bet.
Just my 2 cents on an issue I see coming soon on your screens
Regards
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Alex Vincent <ajvinc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Michael Haufe <t...@thenewobjective.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Array.prototype.removeAt(index);
>> Array.prototype.remove(element);
>>
>
> We already have an equivalent of removeAt: Array.prototype.splice(index,
> 1). My concern about remove still stands.
>
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> "The first step in confirming there is a bug in someone else's work is
> confirming there are no bugs in your own."
> -- Alexander J. Vincent, June 30, 2001
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