I only recently learned that delete was even a Javascript keyword when my editor highlighted it ;-)
I'm sure there are cases when you can use it, although I can't think of anything where it is completely necessary. Maybe someone who knows more about the intricacies of Javascript can tell us whether we save memory or whatnot from using it. On 8/27/07, Stephan Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 27, 8:39 pm, traunic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > read > throughhttp://simon.incutio.com/slides/2006/etech/javascript/js-tutorial.001... > > today and feel like I did not know anything; > > That's a nice overview, and i also learned/clarified a few things by > reading it. > > > than designing!). I honestly thought of myself as pretty advanced, > > but there are some basic foundation principals I just was not even > > aware of. Feeling very red faced today.... > > Like you, i've been working with it (mostly "casually") for many > years, but still often come across some behaviour which ends up biting/ > surprising me. JS is unfortunately a language which is all too easy to > abuse (or get abused by), largely because it's so free-form when > compared to lower-level languages like C/C++. It's really easy to > learn to write unstructured and/or sloppy code in JS, and it takes a > lot of self-discipline to get into the habit of writing Clean Code in > JS. > > :) > > -- Ted
