There is a new option, Tolerate ES5 syntax. If you check this option, JSLint will accept the new get/set syntax in object literals. It will require that the...
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Harry Whitfield
harry152566
Apr 6, 2010 8:46 am
The Widget Tester Widget (version 8.9) with JSLint Edition 2010-04-05 is now at http://tinyurl.com/5unocx . This version has the new "Tolerate ES5 syntax"...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Apr 6, 2010 4:19 pm
... option.es5 will now relax the reserved word restriction on object literals and dot notation, and tolerate a dangling comma, so var object = { class:...
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boyopeg
Apr 6, 2010 4:47 pm
It seems to me that the trailing comma in object notation is a rather bad coding practice. I'm fine with JS parsers being able to ignore errors such as these....
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Michael Mikowski
z_mikowski
Apr 6, 2010 6:55 pm
There is a very good reason to allow for trailing commas (even though IE js doesn't) -- Consider this 'object' (since we only use it as an associative array...
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Michael Mikowski
z_mikowski
Apr 6, 2010 6:56 pm
Whoops. Need more coffee. Should be var hash_example = {...}, not []. But you get the idea. ________________________________ From: Michael Mikowski...
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Rob Richardson
erobrich
Apr 6, 2010 7:17 pm
I can see in certain circumstances that trailing commas could be deemed acceptable, though I'm still of the mindset that this is bad form in most JavaScript...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Apr 6, 2010 7:35 pm
... ES3 does not allow the trailing comma, so IE is correct when it rejects it. ES5 allows but does not require the trailing comma. There is often confusion...
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Michael Lorton
mlorton
Apr 6, 2010 7:48 pm
... it. Distinguo: ES3 does not allow the trailing comma, so Internet Explorer is correct TO reject it. IE does the right thing the wrong way. It rejects the...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Apr 6, 2010 8:12 pm
... You are way out of line. Tone it down....
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Simon Kenyon Shepard
sks0001010
Apr 7, 2010 12:27 pm
So, would I be correct in surmising that this change from ES3 to ES5 to allow the trailing comma is for developer convenience as in the aforementioned...
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Michael Lorton
mlorton
Apr 7, 2010 2:32 pm
It makes reordering easier, editing the list less error-prone, and generating Javascript from data a little simpler. Overall, probably a good thing. M. ...
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Andrew
effectivit
Apr 12, 2010 1:09 pm
I'm putting together a presentation to highlight the sort of bugs that JSLint can help you avoid, I guess this focuses on obvious bugs in code caused by things...
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Michael Lorton
mlorton
Apr 12, 2010 6:14 pm
Wouldn't every error message in the jslint.js file suggest an example? My biggest one is extra final semicolon;. M. ________________________________ From:...
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klaus
klaus_komenda
Apr 20, 2010 5:09 pm
Hi Doug, I was curious as to why using "_" in identifiers (e.g. to convey that a function might be private as opposed to be publicly accessible) is considered...
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TIM FULCHER
tfulcher...
Apr 21, 2010 3:31 pm
Hi I'm running a slightly modified jslint over a bunch of our javascript files and have noticed that if our code defines an array such as var a = new...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Apr 21, 2010 7:33 pm
... var a = ["one", "two", "three"]; Smaller, faster, better. Just fix your code....
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g2223060
Apr 21, 2010 8:45 pm
I have some legacy JavaScript that I am trying to clean up, which of course involves heavy linting [;)] The code was all global, of course, which I have...
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Aseem Kishore
aseem.kishor...
Apr 21, 2010 8:51 pm
/*global FormatMask: true */ The ": true" part tells JSLint that that global variable is read-write, not read-only. Aseem ... [Non-text portions of this...
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g2223060
Apr 21, 2010 9:44 pm
One of my favorites: {dangling: 'commas', 'in': 'object literals', }...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Apr 25, 2010 3:32 pm
Is that possible? IMHO, curly braces all over the place, even where they are not needed, make readability worse. But that's my opinion, and I don't want to ...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Apr 25, 2010 9:29 pm
... JSLint can do a much better job for you if you use braces consistently, so you should use braces consistently. It is good that you do not want to argue....
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Mike West
mikewest_y
Apr 26, 2010 1:02 pm
JSLint doesn't like vendor extensions in pseudo-selectors, even with the `css` options toggled. I'm thinking specifically of `button:-moz-focus-inner`, which...
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Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Apr 26, 2010 8:08 pm
I disagree. Vendor specific CSS extensions are generally bad practice with regards to conformance and efficient of CSS payload size. The Mozilla specific...
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aceblchboy
Apr 26, 2010 8:32 pm
Hi Douglas, I've got an idea here. I don't know if you've already considered it, but you seem to have implemented this idea to some degree with locating...
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Mike West
mikewest_y
Apr 26, 2010 9:53 pm
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Cheney, Edward A SSG RES USAR USARC ... 1. How do you feel about `img { -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; }`? How about...
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Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Apr 27, 2010 8:55 am
There are several different rendering engines available on the web. They each process presentation differently even when in full conformance to the...
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Mike West
mikewest_y
Apr 27, 2010 10:02 am
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Cheney, Edward A SSG RES USAR USARC ... Quite true. This, however, is an argument against expending too much effort in...
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Rob Richardson
erobrich
Apr 27, 2010 3:42 pm
I see value in a lint tool for CSS that could be triggered to accept / reject vendor-specific rendering rules, and a second trigger to accept / reject the...
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Mike West
mikewest_y
Apr 27, 2010 4:19 pm
... I understand that, and also see value in concentrating effort on the areas in which JSLint most clearly shows value. I wasn't expecting to get into an...
