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WeakMap and WeakSet
A good explanation of weakmap use case
WeakMap only has these instance methods:
WeakMap.prototype.delete()
WeakMap.prototype.get()
WeakMap.prototype.has()
WeakMap.prototype.set()
A weakmap can't tell how big it is, and can't keep order of keys like Object.
- Map/WeakMap/Object all can use object as key
- WeakMap can only use object as key
- WeakMap use weak reference, so the key will be garbage collected if the object is no longer in use. This can help prevent memory leak.
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