[OpenLayers-Dev] {} or new Object()

[Christoph Baudson]

The Mapbender project switched to using {} and [] this year; we save about
1KB of bandwidth while Mapbender loads. It may not be much but it sure is
something.

Cheers

Christoph


On Wed, July 25, 2007 9:36 am, Pierre GIRAUD wrote:
> I'm also in favor of {}.
> I do think that javascript developpers and of course OL developpers
> know this syntax well and already use it.
>
> Pierre
>
> On 7/24/07, Erik Uzureau <erik.uzureau at metacarta.com> wrote:
>> For the sake of argument, yes they are completely equivalent
>> *functionaly*, but in terms of readability, new Object() and new
>> Array() I think have the upper hand.
>>
>> I'm not really emotional one way or the other though. I'm much more in
>> favor of just being standard about things.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/24/07, Jeff Yutzler <jeff.yutzler at ionicenterprise.com> wrote:
>> > I vote for {} and [] rather than new Object() and new Array().
>> > They are completely equivalent so I see no reason not to use the
>> shorter
>> > one.
>> >
>> > dev-request at openlayers.org wrote:
>> > > Message: 1
>> > > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:43:09 -0500
>> > > From: "Erik Uzureau" <erik.uzureau at metacarta.com>
>> > > Subject: [OpenLayers-Dev] {} or new Object()
>> > > To: "dev at openlayers" <dev at openlayers.org>
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>> > >
>> > > Paul has just gone vocal with his preference for using {} instead of
>> > > "new Object()" for the instantantiation of a new object.
>> > >
>> > > We do not currently have any policy for this. Do people feel
>> strongly
>> > > one way or the other?
>> > >
>> > > Obviously it's not a big issue, but if there is broad support for
>> > > doing it one way or the other, we might as well attempt to
>> standardize
>> > > a bit.
>> > >
>> > > Erik
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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