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Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ?

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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> […] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
>> > var resolve = function resolve(){...}
>> > 
>> > This form is redundant.
>> No, it is not.
> 
> Correct in semantic details, but by "redundant" in this case I was using
> the synonym: "useless".

AISB, it is useless if and only if the function is not referred to from 
within its body.

> I would also use the same word "redundant" if the code happened to be the
> following:
> 
> var foo = function bar(){ /* explicit example with no reference to bar */
> }

It is still not useless if the function modifies the variable value but a 
reference to itself has to be kept (self-modifying code).

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difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2016-07-20 05:55 +0200
  Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2016-07-20 08:20 +0200
  Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-19 23:25 -0700
    Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-07-20 12:15 +0200
      Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-20 05:15 -0700
        Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-07-20 15:08 +0200
          Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-07-20 09:23 -0700
          Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2016-07-23 18:52 +0200
  Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-07-20 12:15 +0200
  Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2016-07-28 08:31 +0300
    Re: difference between "var resolve = function resolve() {...}" and "var resolve = function () {...}" ? Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2016-08-01 06:44 +0200

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