Two versions of code - advantages and differences

From	Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Two versions of code - advantages and differences
Date	2013-01-03 22:58 +0100
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<kc4uud$fam$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)

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I have a two versions of code. They are just only examples and contains 
simple operations, but I want to understand more deeply some general things.

Version 1

var el = document.getElementById('test');
var fn = function(){
     if( !el ){
         // fallback if el is not available and then return
     }
     return el;
};

Version 2

var fn = (function(){
     var el = document.getElementById('test');
	
     if(el){
         return function(){
	    return el;
     	}
     } else {
         // fallback if el is not available and then return
     }
}());

Correct me, if I am wrong.

a) Version 1 has an advantage over Version 2, because Version 2 is 
slower (?) and consumes more memory (?).
b) Version 2 has a closure and inside fn everything is not available 
outside (except what return "return").

Anything else what can be said about advantages or differences between them?

-- 
Cezary Tomczyk
http://www.ctomczyk.pl/

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Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 22:58 +0100
  Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 00:41 +0100
    Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 09:15 +0100
      Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2013-01-04 11:26 +0100
        Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 14:29 +0100
          Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2013-01-04 14:56 +0100
            Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 16:52 +0100
    Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 09:19 +0100
  Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2013-01-04 11:25 +0100
  Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-04 15:31 +0100
    Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 08:37 -0800
      Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-05 18:14 +0100
        Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 10:51 -0800
          Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-05 20:46 +0100
            Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 17:12 -0800
              Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 17:43 -0800
              Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-07 03:58 +0100
                Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 19:23 -0800
                Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-07 05:19 +0100
    Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 22:30 +0100
      Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 02:35 +0100
        Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 22:45 +0100
      Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-07 04:36 +0100
        Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 23:06 +0100
          Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-08 12:35 +0100
            Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-09 08:34 +0100
  Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 09:13 -0800
    Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 11:09 +0100
      Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 12:56 -0800
        Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 22:53 +0100
  Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Luc Yen <luc@goal.tw> - 2013-01-05 12:54 -0800
    Re: Two versions of code - advantages and differences Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 21:38 +0100

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