JavaScript
严格模式
-only exception "applying the 'delete' operator to an unqualified name is deprecated" occurs when variables are attempted to be deleted using the
delete
operator.
SyntaxError: Calling delete on expression not allowed in strict mode (Edge) SyntaxError: applying the 'delete' operator to an unqualified name is deprecated (Firefox) SyntaxError: Delete of an unqualified identifier in strict mode. (Chrome)
SyntaxError
in
严格模式
only.
Normal variables in JavaScript can't be deleted using the
delete
operator. In strict mode, an attempt to delete a variable will throw an error and is not allowed.
delete
operator can only delete properties on an object. Object properties are "qualified" if they are configurable.
Unlike what common belief suggests, the
delete
operator has
nothing
to do with directly freeing memory. Memory management is done indirectly via breaking references, see the
memory management
page and the
delete
operator page for more details.
This error only happens in
strict mode code
. In non-strict code, the operation just returns
false
.
Attempting to delete a plain variable, doesn't work in JavaScript and it throws an error in strict mode:
'use strict'; var x; // ... delete x; // SyntaxError: applying the 'delete' operator to an unqualified name // is deprecated
To free the contents of a variable, you can set it to
null
:
'use strict'; var x; // ... x = null; // x can be garbage collected