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minus-squarePoolloverNathanlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 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-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoYet the array contains exactly three nothings. It’s like a zen koan.
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoTime is a flat circle
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.Yet the array contains exactly three nothings.
It’s like a zen koan.
Time is a flat circle