Note: if this is implemented, make sure it also supports this construct: for (var key in object) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(object, key)) { //...
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Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Oct 16, 2010 3:07 am
Ben, SVG is an XML grammar. JSLint has, so far, never supported XML. Thanks, Austin Cheney - CISSP http://prettydiff.com/...
1547
Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Oct 17, 2010 12:10 am
JSLint requires that no whitespace occurs between . and a property name. JSLint requires that no whitespace occurs before [ or ( when they are used for...
1548
Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Oct 17, 2010 12:12 am
... No. That is why the error was not on line 6....
1549
Stefan Weiss
weiss@...
Oct 17, 2010 2:30 am
... Excuse me, but that's not an answer to pauanyu's question. call() and apply() still exist in ES5, even in strict mode, and no static code analysis tool can...
1550
Dominic Mitchell
happygiraffe...
Oct 17, 2010 8:32 am
... I think the problem here is the this keyword. From the spec<http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-262.pdf>, Annex C: *A this...
1551
pauanyu
Oct 17, 2010 6:06 pm
... "use strict"; function foo() { return this.message; } document.body.addEventListener("click", foo, true); The above returns the same error, at the same...
1552
Nagy Endre
forewer2000
Oct 17, 2010 8:54 pm
Try instead this: "use strict"; var foo = function() { return this.message; }; foo.call({ message: "Hello!" }); or this "use strict"; var foo= function() { ...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Oct 18, 2010 4:49 pm
... There is a lot of crappy code that ES5 accepts that JSLint rejects. Your argument will not work here. The point of ES5/strict is to prohibit leaking of the...
1554
neonstalwart
Oct 19, 2010 1:04 am
... until recently JSLint had also not supported inspecting CSS files. i'm not concerned about having the svg xml grammar supported - just the css. according...
1555
pauanyu
Oct 19, 2010 7:17 pm
... In that case, could you at least change the error message to something like: Strict violation: don't use "this" within a function....
1556
Michael
newmaniese
Oct 19, 2010 7:30 pm
... A full explanation would really be helpful. This was something that was really confusing me just this morning. Especially with a lot of libraries which...
1557
Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Oct 19, 2010 9:50 pm
Ben, ... This is still an XML issue. Those browser have no issue with CSS applied to an XML file. IE can also render CSS files to XML documents directly, but...
1558
Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Oct 19, 2010 9:57 pm
JSLint highlights this as a problem: /* * My Library Descriptive Comment * some descriptive content here */ with a message about mixed tabs and spaces...
1559
Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Oct 20, 2010 3:31 pm
... Mixing tabs and space is an indication of an editing problem. Pick one or the other and use it consistently. Fix your code....
1560
Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Oct 21, 2010 1:55 am
... It is also an indication that more than one person, each with different editing styles, has been in that file. You cannot force your peers to do exactly...
1561
pauanyu
Oct 21, 2010 2:19 am
... Just one nitpick: \s will replace all whitespace, including newlines. You probably want something more like this: x.replace(/\t/g, " "); x.replace(/...
1562
Harry Whitfield
harry152566
Oct 24, 2010 3:01 pm
The problem of dealing with the many issues surrounding the tab character arose in the early days of computers. I remember first having to deal with it in the ...
1563
Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Oct 26, 2010 3:03 am
JSLint doesn't barf if the last case doesn't end in a break or return. For example JSLint believes this is ok: switch (somevar) { case 'a': // some code ...
1564
Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Oct 26, 2010 4:48 am
The wonderment of html spacing spoils the day again ... JSLint prefers this: switch (somevar) { case 'a': \t// some code \tbreak; case 'b': \t// some code ...
1565
Luke Page
page.luke...
Oct 29, 2010 4:55 pm
I'd like to back Rob up - this is the only thing stopping me from switching on whitespace checking in jslint. I looked on the website for a reason and haven't...
1566
Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Oct 29, 2010 9:55 pm
Luke, ... There is no uniform length definition for a tab stop character. This is several problematic with consideration for text based documentation where...
1567
James
jpdavenportjr
Nov 1, 2010 8:24 pm
I run all my JavaScript through a strict version of JSLint, run it with a careful eye toward any warning messages found in Firebug, and I think my code is...
1568
Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Nov 2, 2010 5:57 pm
"use strict" identifies you're opting into the ECMAScript 5 mode of the same name. Rob ... From: jslint_com@yahoogroups.com [mailto:jslint_com@yahoogroups.com]...
1569
James
jpdavenportjr
Nov 3, 2010 1:34 pm
Yes, I understand. But why should I? If I always drive the speed limit, why should I put a speed regulator on my car? There may very well be a reason, I...
1570
Luke Page
page.luke...
Nov 3, 2010 1:47 pm
ECMAScript 5 may be (negligably) faster, but the main benefit you get is in using/preparing to use a language that is more sane and developed and is the future...
1571
Joshua Bell
inexorabletash
Nov 3, 2010 5:15 pm
... This post has a reasonable summary: http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-5-strict-mode-json-and-more/ In browsers today, the use strict directive does nothing....
1572
Mark Volkmann
mark_volkmann
Nov 4, 2010 1:50 pm
I've combed the web for answers to these questions, but haven't found them ... even in the ES5 spec which surely contains the answers. In ES5 what is the...
1573
Mark Volkmann
mark_volkmann
Nov 4, 2010 2:01 pm
I've read that in ES5, accessing the global object is a runtime error. Can someone explain what "accessing the global object" means? Does it mean that "this"...
1574
seank_com
Nov 4, 2010 6:04 pm
From my understanding calling a constructor without using new will mena the this pointer point to the global object and all the member function and varialbes...
