I see your point, but it's a bit of a stretch to call a style preference an anti-pattern. You even caveat it yourself in your stackoverflow response: "it's also

I see your point, but it's a bit of a stretch to call a style preference an anti-pattern. You even caveat it yourself in your stackoverflow response: "it's also a lot more readable (at least to me)". Agreed on the hideousness of that 'instanceof Array' check.