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Remove WeakMap/WeakSet#clear method #6500

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// lib.es6.d.ts and lib.core.es6.d.ts
// also WeakSet
 interface WeakMap<K, V> {
-    clear(): void;
     delete(key: K): boolean;
     get(key: K): V;
     has(key: K): boolean;
     set(key: K, value?: V): WeakMap<K, V>;
     [Symbol.toStringTag]: "WeakMap";
 }

https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-weakmap-constructor
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/WeakMap
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101817

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  1. LPGhatguy commented on Jan 18, 2016

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    What runtime environments have this implemented?

    I did a quick test against the latest Chrome, Node.js, and Edge and none of them had WeakSet.prototype.clear or WeakMap.prototype.clear defined as far as I could tell.

  2. mhegazy commented on Jan 19, 2016

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    Lucien Greathouse (@LPGhatguy) it needs to be removed. it was part of the spec at an earlier draft but has since been removed.

  3. added this to the milestone on Jan 19, 2016
  4. DanielRosenwasser commented on Jan 24, 2016

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  5. modified the milestones: TypeScript 1.8, on Jan 25, 2016
  6. added 3 commits that reference this issue on Sep 6, 2016
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