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Understanding delete in Javascript

by @kangax perfectionkills.com published 2010-01-1018 min read

How the delete operator really works: property attributes, DontDelete, undeclared assignments, Gecko and IE bugs, and what ES5 strict mode changes.

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Web & Frontend Software Engineering 2010

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