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From: Frobernik <nospam@nospam.com>
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Subject: Re: Difference between findPos("divThis") and findPos(divThis)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:33:40 +0000
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On 17/11/2011 22:54, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Frobernik wrote:
>> function findPos(obj, name, colour, b, c) {
>>       name = obj.name;
>>       colour = obj.colour;
>>       b = 17;
>>       c = [{s:'monkey', x:'male', a:3}, {s:'elephant',x:'female',a:7}];
>> }
>> findPos({name:'df', colour:'green'})
>
> (Jorge, is it you?)

No its not

> We have been over this.

We have?

> Declaring arguments instead of local variables may be great for code golfing
> (140 characters maximum), but it is a Really Bad Idea for all other code.
> To begin with, by looking at the code you cannot tell whether you are
> modifying an argument or not.  Editors and linters which can differentiate
> between arguments and local variables could not tell as well.

An editor or linters not going to know more about my code than me