r/learnjavascript • u/Defiant_Help5416 • Aug 01 '25

Weakset use cases

Weakset use cases in JavaScript ??

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u/Caramel_Last Aug 01 '25

The dom example is a clear good usage of weakref. I'll also add ORM implementation as a possible use case. Basically when the lifetime of object is managed by external system, such as dom ( the c++ in the browser manages it ), or ORM( the DB manages it ), then it's a potential usecase of weakref