What’s the difference between “Array()” and “[]” while declaring a JavaScript array?

Question

What\'s the real difference between declaring an array like this:

var myArray = new Array();

and

var myArray = [];
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Answer 1

I've found one difference between the two constructions that bit me pretty hard.

Let's say I have:

function MyClass(){
  this.property1=[];
  this.property2=new Array();
};
var MyObject1=new MyClass();
var MyObject2=new MyClass();

In real life, if I do this:

MyObject1.property1.push('a');
MyObject1.property2.push('b');
MyObject2.property1.push('c');
MyObject2.property2.push('d');

What I end up with is this:

MyObject1.property1=['a','c']
MyObject1.property2=['b']
MyObject2.property1=['a','c']
MyObject2.property2=['d']

I don't know what the language specification says is supposed to happen, but if I want my two objects to have unique property arrays in my objects, I have to use new Array().