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minus-squarePoolloverNathan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoArray(3) doesn’t create [undefined, undefined, undefined, ]; it creates [/* hole */, /* hole */, /* hole */, ]. The holes don’t set any property on the array whatsoever, so they are skipped when iterating. How this makes sense, I can’t tell you.
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoTime is a flat circle
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYet the array contains exactly three nothings. It’s like a zen koan.
Array(3)doesn’t create[undefined, undefined, undefined, ]; it creates[/* hole */, /* hole */, /* hole */, ]. The holes don’t set any property on the array whatsoever, so they are skipped when iterating. How this makes sense, I can’t tell you.Time is a flat circle
Yet the array contains exactly three nothings.
It’s like a zen koan.