Question

I know that delete is a keyword in JavaScript. So I have this code (for example):

var user = {
   create : function () {
       // Create a user account
   },

   delete : function () {
       // Delete a user account
   }
};

The above works (barring older versions of IE), so my question is – is it a good idea. Obviously the call user.delete(); is much clearer to someone utilizing the code than something like user.delete_one();

Obviously keywords are important, but on a case by case basis is it alright (granted I don’t need legacy IE support) to use this method, or is there a better solution?

Answer 1

You code will work as expected, because you are not overwriting JS keyword. If you try to declare a keyword as variable or function name, JS will show error SyntaxError: Unexpected token delete.

It ‘s alright with the way you choose but don’t override JS keywords directly.