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Evertjan. wrote:

> Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> wrote on 07 mei 2015 in 
> comp.lang.javascript:
> 
>> An Immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) is usually written as:
>> (function() { /* etc. */ })();
>>
>> But we can use unary operators instead of the wrapping parentheses too,
>> if we don't care about the return value of the IIFE:
>>
>> Even the void operator can be used:
>> void function () { /*...*/ }();
> 
> Even nothing can be used,
> the final parenteses with parameters work then too,
> try:
> 
> alert( function(a){alert(a)} ) // function(a){alert(a)}
> // [no execution of the function here]

That works, because the IIFE is parsed in an expression context.  If the
IIFE is placed where a statement is expected, that would be a syntax
error. The whole point of using parens or an operator is to enforce an
expression context.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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  Re: ! function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-07 13:04 +0200
  Re: ! function "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-07 05:02 -0700
  Re: ! function Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-07 12:27 -0300
    Re: ! function JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2015-05-08 00:09 +0700
    Re: ! function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-07 21:07 +0200
      Re: ! function "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-05-07 21:31 +0200
        Re: ! function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-07 22:20 +0200
          Re: ! function "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-05-07 23:27 +0200
            Re: ! function "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-05-08 00:26 +0200
              Re: ! function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-08 11:00 +0200
                Re: ! function James Lewis <lewisje@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 09:10 -0700
          Re: ! function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 13:31 -0700
            Re: ! function "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-05-19 01:39 +0200
              Re: ! function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2015-05-19 05:48 -0700
        Re: ! function Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-07 17:47 -0300
          Re: ! function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-07 23:22 +0200
            Re: ! function Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-07 19:08 -0300
              Re: ! function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-08 12:08 +0200

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