I later need splice to arbitrarily remove items out of the array

Hm. Three thoughts:

  1. Do it (that expensive clumsy copy-splice-copy operation) only when you need to.. Not when you only need to push/pop/shift/unshift.
  2. Copying a whole shared array to a non-shared array and then back again just so you can use splice is ... not good design.
  3. Removing elements from the middle of a structure called: @jobstack smacks of bad design or bad nomenclature.

I rarely ever find myself needing to use splice. When I do find myself reaching for it, I always pause and look again at my design. 8 times out of 10 I find a better way.

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In reply to Re^3: strange behaviour, would appreciate any comment / alternative method by BrowserUk
in thread strange behaviour, would appreciate any comment / alternative method by djamu

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