Using the same object for arrays and hashes seems like a terrible idea long befo...

mikeryan · on June 21, 2011

As stated above Javascript does not do this it has separate array and Object types. Javascript developers might.

voyou · on June 21, 2011

No it doesn't. Arrays are a type of Object, they're not distinct.

masklinn · on June 21, 2011

> JavaScript does it

No, javascript does not.

pkulak · on June 24, 2011

  zoidberg:~ phil$ node
  > a = {}
  {}
  > a[1] = 56
  56
  > a['1']
  56
  > a = [null, 56]
  [ null, 56 ]
  > a['1']
  56
  > a[1]
  56
  > typeof a
  'object'