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Re: Reference var in (function(){})()

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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> On 1/08/2017 8:40 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>>> There's some code that looks like
>>>
>>> var con = (function() {
>>>     var opt0 = {},
>>>         opt1 = {},
>>>         opt2 = {},
>>>         opt3 = {},
>>>         ...
>> 
>> Who is doing such nonsense?
> 
> It happens gradually. First, there's just one opt(ion). A few weeks
> later the designer changes the design and so pt1 gets added. And so on...
> 
> A theorist told me years ago to always build things with the
> understanding that the number of items a design requires can change.
> Some of the people I work follow instructions explicitly and if it says
> "there's one item" then they build accordingly.

As a rule of thumb, I start using arrays when there is more then one item of 
a kind.

> Ok, I did as you and Evertjan suggested and the change was easy and any
> increase in the number of opts will now be painless.

See also my supplementary posting.

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Reference var in (function(){})() Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-01 12:09 +1000
  Re: Reference var in (function(){})() "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-08-01 09:39 +0200
  Re: Reference var in (function(){})() Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-01 12:40 +0200
    Re: Reference var in (function(){})() Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-02 14:06 +1000
      Re: Reference var in (function(){})() Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-02 11:38 +0200
    Re: Reference var in (function(){})() Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-02 11:33 +0200

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