Resetting a property containing an array in willDestroy does not work

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Why can’t I reset a property containing an array in the willDestroy hook of an ember object instance?

jsfiddle example

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You’ve been trolled by a long discussed issue: https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/issues/462

The fix: Edit fiddle - JSFiddle - Code Playground

If you’re really after the shared instance of array across instances of this type, then: Edit fiddle - JSFiddle - Code Playground but it’s probably more appropriate to make it a class property to avoid confusion in the future. Something like: Edit fiddle - JSFiddle - Code Playground

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Thanks for the link that issue makes sense, but why doesn’t the array get set in willDestroy? This seems like a bug, if I can set the property on init why not on destroy isn’t that the main use case for the willDestroy hook?

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I’m not really sure why that is happening, but I’m curious what the usecase of changing a prop on an instance that is about to be destroyed? My guess is it’s a timing thing within the run loop.