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Re: calling function within (function() {...})();

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Eric Bednarz wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:
>> [function declarations vs. methods in ‘private’ scope]
>> Any potential safety gained this way only mitigates the unnecessary,
>> potentially harmful dependency introduced by Eric with the closure (by
>> contrast to the rather clean, original code).
> 
> The whole purpose of the clean, original code was to introduce closures
> at some point.

Apparently you have either not read or not understood the FAQ notes.  Yes, 
introducing a closure was the intent of the original code.  A useful one.  
*One*.

> Well, either that, or there was a useless – albeit refreshingly clean –
> function expression.

You are still missing the point.
 
>> It should be this.b(),
>> not x.b().
> 
> It must be exhausting, having all those opinions. :-)

Ignorance must be bliss.


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calling function within (function() {...})(); Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-04 23:18 +1100
  Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2011-11-04 14:06 +0100
    Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-04 14:13 +0100
      Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-04 15:49 +0100
        Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-04 16:35 +0100
          Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-04 20:44 +0100
            Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-04 21:16 +0100
              Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-04 21:24 +0100
                Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-04 21:46 +0100
                Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-04 23:29 +0100
        Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 10:29 -0700
          Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-09 15:17 +0100
            Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-09 20:13 +0100
              Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-11 23:26 +0100
                Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-11 23:31 +0100
                Re: calling function within (function() {...})(); Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-12 00:38 +0100

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