Ah, thank you very much. On Aug 27, 11:36 am, Stephan Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
