window.location.assign(url) vs window.location = url?

Question

I'm wondering what the arguments are for using one vs the other. I am familiar with the other properties like window.location.pathname. But as far as I can tell, assigning to window.location has identical behavior to calling window.location.assign and passing it the url.

Why use one or the other? I prefer assign because it's more explicit whereas assigning to window.location has implicit, veiled magic in its setter.

Is there an argument for one or the other?

Answer 1

It's the same:

Whenever a new value is assigned to the location object, a document will be loaded using the URL as if location.assign() had been called with the modified URL. Note that security settings, like CORS, may prevent this to effectively happen. (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/location)