Using encodeURI() vs. escape() for utf-8 strings in JavaScript

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误落风尘 2020-12-28 15:30

I am handling utf-8 strings in JavaScript and need to escape them.

Both escape() / unescape() and encodeURI() / decodeURI() work in my browser.

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余生分开走 (楼主)

2020-12-28 16:14

Hi!

When it comes to escape and unescape, I live by two rules:

Avoid them when you easily can.

Otherwise, use them.

Avoiding them when you easily can:

As mentioned in the question, both escape and unescape have been deprecated. In general, one should avoid using deprecated functions.

So, if encodeURIComponent or encodeURI does the trick for you, you should use that instead of escape.

Using them when you can't easily avoid them:

Browsers will, as far as possible, strive to achieve backwards compatibility. All major browsers have already implemented escape and unescape; why would they un-implement them?

Browsers would have to redefine escapeand unescape if the new specification requires them to do so. But wait! The people who write specifications are quite smart. They too, are interested in not breaking backwards compatibility!

I realize that the above argument is weak. But trust me, ... when it comes to browsers, deprecated stuff works. This even includes deprecated HTML tags like
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