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Javascript has setInterval and clearInterval functions for handling asynchronous function calls.
Is there a difference between clearInterval(handle) and window.clearInterval(handle)?
I’ve seen it being used both ways.
In a browser, all global functions are implicitly properties of the
windowobject. SoclearInterval()andwindow.clearInterval()are the exact same thing.There is no difference between them unless you define a local function called
clearInterval(), in which casewindow.clearInterval()would reference the global one andclearInterval()would reference the local one.The same would be true for any global functions that you define yourself.