jQuery .remove vs. .hide (v29)

Revision 29 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="remove-me"></div>
<div id="hide-me"></div>
<div id="hide-remove-me"></div>
<script>
  function init() {
   // The magic init() function will be executed once before every test
   // Still not perfect, but definitely better
   $('<div id="remove-me">').appendTo('body');
   $('<div id="hide-remove-me">').appendTo('body');
   $('#hide-me').show();
   $('#hide-remove-me').show();
  }
</script>

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Testing in
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.remove()
$('#remove-me').remove();
ready
.hide()
$('#hide-me').hide();
ready
'.hide().remove()'
$('#hide-remove-me').hide().remove();
ready

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