What's wrong with var x = new Array();

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What's wrong with var x = new Array();

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In JSLint, it warns that

var x = new Array();

(That's not a real variable name) should be

var result = [];

What is wrong with the 1st syntax? What's the reasoning behind the suggestion?

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Crockford doesn't like new. Therefore, JSLint expects you to avoid it when possible. And creating a new array object is possible without using new....

[#99500] Friday, May 15, 2009, 15 Years [reply] [flag answer]

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