Computer Science, Technical Writing. On Documentation of JavaScript Weakset

By Xah Lee. Date: 2025-06-02. Last updated: 2025-06-03.

2025-05-31

Computer Science, Technical Writing. On Documentation of JavaScript Weakset.

The official ECMAScript spec on weakset, is far better than mozilla verbiage.
The official spec is clear.
The MDN weakset doc relies on a undefined garbage-collectable bitdiddling think.

js weakset doc 2025-05-31 20a7f — js weakset doc 2025-05-31 20a7f ECMAScript 2015 §Keyed Collection#sec-weakset-objects

js weakset doc 2025-05-31 20bd7 — js weakset doc 2025-05-31 20bd7 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/WeakSet

garbage collection bit diddling 2025-05-31 21020 — garbage collection bit diddling 2025-05-31 21020 https://x.com/xah_lee/status/1928914825104543944

Jargon: Garbage Collection