diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
1. [Blocks](#blocks)
1. [Comments](#comments)
1. [Whitespace](#whitespace)
- 1. [Leading Commas](#leading-commas)
+ 1. [Commas](#commas)
1. [Semicolons](#semicolons)
1. [Type Casting & Coercion](#type-coercion)
1. [Naming Conventions](#naming-conventions)
@@ -802,9 +802,9 @@
**[[⬆]](#TOC)**
-## Leading Commas
+## Commas
- - **Nope.**
+ - Leading commas: **Nope.**
```javascript
// bad
@@ -834,6 +834,34 @@
};
```
+ - Additional trailing comma: **Nope.** This can cause problems with IE6/7 and IE9 if it's in quirksmode. Also, in some implementations of ES3 would add length to an array if it had an additional trailing comma. This was clarified in ES5 ([source](http://es5.github.io/#D)):
+
+ > Edition 5 clarifies the fact that a trailing comma at the end of an ArrayInitialiser does not add to the length of the array. This is not a semantic change from Edition 3 but some implementations may have previously misinterpreted this.
+
+ ```javascript
+ // bad
+ var hero = {
+ firstName: 'Kevin',
+ lastName: 'Flynn',
+ };
+
+ var heroes = [
+ 'Batman',
+ 'Superman',
+ ];
+
+ // good
+ var hero = {
+ firstName: 'Kevin',
+ lastName: 'Flynn'
+ };
+
+ var heroes = [
+ 'Batman',
+ 'Superman'
+ ];
+ ```
+
**[[⬆]](#TOC)**