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ahoge on June 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physic...

Since ES5, you can't use `with` in strict mode.

Well, you shouldn't use it anyways since it's confusing/ambiguous and it's also terrible for performance.

z3t4 on June 16, 2015 [–]

I wanted to make a point about all the confusing new features of ES6 that are just there to save a few key strokes, and will haunt you forever.

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