For the release 25/07, at line 2583 JSLint (run on itself) displays the message "Parens are not needed here." ... nexttoken, adsafe_id); } else if...
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Re Miya
remiya_ws
Jul 28, 2008 6:47 pm
... Waste of time? I never thought about this....
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osteocosmosis
Jul 28, 2008 8:24 pm
The following 3-line script yields 1 message. I expected 2: /*jslint passfail: false, eqeqeq: true */ var table = new Array(27); var list = new Array(27); ==...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Jul 28, 2008 8:26 pm
... When I try it I see two errors, not one....
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Kai Hendry
dadraqsta
Jul 29, 2008 3:41 pm
I wasted time whilst writing a test for http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/ whereby I didn't anonymize a function that I should have done. Otherwise I would...
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osteocosmosis
Jul 30, 2008 1:42 pm
I am confused. I still get one error from ... Lint at line 2 character 19: Use the array literal notation []. var table = new Array(27); ... /*jslint...
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montago_2004
Jul 31, 2008 3:40 pm
Block commenting can be used to switch between two similar functionalities - then by simply removing or adding a '*' in the first '/*/' you switch the two... ...
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Jacob Davenport
jpdavenportjr
Jul 31, 2008 7:52 pm
Upon your advice (and one painful experience), I write my "for in" statements like this: for (var listName in listItems) if...
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Michael Newton
mnewton32
Jul 31, 2008 8:48 pm
... (listItems.hasOwnProperty(listName)) { ... The documentation says "JSLint expects blocks with function, if, switch, while, for, do, and try statements and...
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Michael Newton
mnewton32
Jul 31, 2008 8:53 pm
... ECMA says "Comments can be either single or multi-line. Multi-line comments cannot nest."...
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montago_2004
Jul 31, 2008 11:36 pm
JSLINT is too strict ! var a = new Array(5); creates an empty array of length 5. what the heck is wrong with that code ? if i need an empty array then I'm...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Jul 31, 2008 11:57 pm
... That is a terrible practice. It is easy enough to program computers to do useful things. You shouldn't need to rely on silly tricks....
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 1, 2008 12:01 am
... Yes. At one time I was experimenting with that form. I was later persuaded that it was a bad for so I took it out. I am constantly experimenting with...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 1, 2008 12:04 am
... new Array does not do what you think it does. Part of JSLint's mission is to help you discover where your reasonable expectations about JavaScript are...
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osteocosmosis
Aug 3, 2008 12:53 am
To concatenate strings I use: // Concatenation of string 'str', n times. function repeatstr (n, str) { var an = new Array(1 + n); return an.join(str); } ... ...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 3, 2008 12:55 am
... var an = []; an.length = n + 1;...
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riderpaulpaul
Aug 4, 2008 3:54 am
One big issue in JavaScript is the onload issue. Many of the frameworks have a periodic check to see if the body has loaded using various methods. Since script...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 4, 2008 10:51 pm
... I don't see how it solves anything. There is a lot in the HTML recommendations that doesn't make sense, but the requirement that the tags all go either...
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Paul de Jong
riderpaulpaul
Aug 4, 2008 11:28 pm
The issue I was referring to is that the body tag needs to be completely loaded before a DOM script runs, especially if you have something like...
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Andy Stevens
andystevens_...
Aug 5, 2008 2:36 pm
... Not always, I have inline scripts that work just fine so long as the parts of the DOM they are manipulating are ready & available. ... Seems reasonable to...
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Paul de Jong
riderpaulpaul
Aug 5, 2008 6:00 pm
The issue with onload is that it is not ondomload, so if any file being downloaded takes too long the script does not fire and the user could be interacting...
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montago_2004
Aug 6, 2008 1:16 pm
... no.. its very good practise to code and debug... do you disagree ? this trick relies on a proper parser. I've made it work in my Editor... also works in...
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Klemen SlaviÄ
klemen.slavic
Aug 6, 2008 1:30 pm
IMHO, I don't think it's the domain of JSlint to handle these kind of comments, since the output of this algorithm is supposed to be clean code that is meant...
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montago_2004
Aug 6, 2008 5:07 pm
... code ... comments still ... code leak ... If only JSLint would report it as an "Error"... JSLint stops completely, so its not even possible to simply...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 6, 2008 5:15 pm
... upon ... http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/e53f483dd67e4d08/f72f7832ead80dfb?lnk=gst&q=JSLint#f72f7832ead80dfb ... JSLint stops...
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montago_2004
Aug 6, 2008 8:18 pm
/* Douglas ain't smart. */ Douglas is smart. //------------------------- Q: which of those two statements are more accurate ? A: the one, which is not a...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 6, 2008 8:20 pm
... Yes it should, because sometimes syntax errors are hidden in comments. Again, I caution you to avoid programming conventions that depend on intentional...
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Paul de Jong
riderpaulpaul
Aug 6, 2008 8:47 pm
... For the reasoning behind removing the comments may I recommend: JavaScript: The Good Parts, Douglas Crockford, O'Reilly, 2008....
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Fred Lorrain
grumelo68
Aug 12, 2008 11:28 am
Hello, Here a piece of code: if (this.newsDetailHasAbstract) {HTML += '<div class="articleAbstract">' + this.myData.record[0][0][3].replace(/<\/?a[^>]*>/gi,'')...
