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| Message-ID | <139484623.PyJ8SnIKrL@PointedEars.de> (permalink) |
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| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
| Date | 2014-03-14 01:08 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Declaring global variables |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| References | <6ae3i9h0e63li3380f0s84pi8h6uque0t3@4ax.com> <property-20140313151743@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> |
Stefan Ram wrote: > "Joey@still_Learning.invalid" <Joey@still_Learning.invalid> writes: >> This seems to work, but adding the 'var' prefix throws an error, i.e., >> 'var window.variable = value' throws "Syntax error while loading: >> expected ';', got '.'" > > »var« declares a (new) /variable/. > > »window.variable =« adds a /property/ to the window object, > or sets the value of a window property. A very important difference indeed. Many newcomers think the “window” property is a built-in identical to the global object when it is in fact a host-defined context-dependent property referring to a host object that happens to be in the scope chain in that host environment for historical reasons. -- PointedEars FAQ: <http://PointedEars.de/faq> | SVN: <http://PointedEars.de/wsvn/> Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: <http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix> Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
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Declaring global variables "Joey@still_Learning.invalid" <Joey@still_Learning.invalid> - 2014-03-13 07:04 -0700
Re: Declaring global variables "Joey@still_Learning.invalid" <Joey@still_Learning.invalid> - 2014-03-13 07:39 -0700
Re: Declaring global variables Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-03-13 16:15 -0300
Re: Declaring global variables "Joey@still_Learning.invalid" <Joey@still_Learning.invalid> - 2014-03-13 14:30 -0700
Re: Declaring global variables Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-13 23:12 +0000
Re: Declaring global variables "Joey@still_Learning.invalid" <Joey@still_Learning.invalid> - 2014-03-13 16:53 -0700
Re: Declaring global variables Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2014-03-13 16:15 +0100
Re: Declaring global variables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-14 01:08 +0100
Re: Declaring global variables JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2014-03-14 09:46 +0700
Re: Declaring global variables Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-03-14 07:03 -0300
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