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I think you misread this. It does not bind the same instance of the handler to each element. Each element gets its own copy of this handler, hence the waste of

I think you misread this. It does not bind the same instance of the handler to each element. Each element gets its own copy of this handler, hence the waste of memory.

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dcher 15y ago
What? No they don't, unless you're making the handler in a loop. $( "div" ).click( function() {} ); Each div will have the same handler applied, it doesn't make a new one for every div.
- stephenr 15y ago
  You're confusing the callback with the actual event listener.