> But making map() functions work on hashes makes sense, so why rule > them out?
There are at least three reasons why this is not a good idea: 1. $.map() is not a real "general purpose" map function. If callback returns an array then its items will be values because in same cases it is convenient that a callback can returns multiple values. So if you make $.map() generic for all "hashes" than you would $.map() generic for all sequences too. 2. If you make $.map() working with "hashes" too, then you have to detect which object is a "hash" and which is a sequence. The only think to do that is to check if the object.length is a number - weak! 3. for(var k in obj) newobj[k] = fn(obj[k]) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en.
