On Aug 27, 2:51 pm, motob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides file size, what is the difference between a .min and .pack > version of a js file? I see this a lot with the various plugins and > jquery library.
A very brief overview of each can be seen here: http://wanderinghorse.net/computing/javascript/jquery/colorpicker/ Scroll down to the bottom of that page. > What are the pitfalls and benefits of using each? The only pitfall i'm aware of is that the packing process occasionally (very rarely) does something which changes the semantics of a piece of code (changes its meaning), leading to a bug which isn't there in the unpacked source. It is impossible for a human to decode the packed code, so debugging these problems is difficult. The so-called YUI minifier (see the above link) is newer and works similarly to the conventional packers, but does not suffer that problem, at least in theory.
