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On 03/29/11, Erik Eckhardt  <erik@...> wrote:



> If you were creating a specialized code library, what method would you use

> to "namespace" all the functions in use by that library? Since functions are

> themselves globals, would you just create a single "master" object, itself

> global, with all other variables inside of it? Then, in commons use, either

> use this.fn() or libraryname.fn() all over the place instead of just fn()

> when you want to use a function? And something similar for any variables

> that are needed to control the operation of the code library (say it's a

> popup widget that needs to keep track of all the open popups and whether a

> particular popup template has been loaded via ajax or not)?

>



var o = { // global object

     first: function (xyz) {

         return xyz;

     },

     second: function (abc) {

         return abc;

     }

};



o.first(); // this executes the first function from above

o.second(); // this executes the second function from above



This works because the functions are members of a named object, therefore

the functions are references as object properties bound to the named object.



My suggestion is to never use this:

function nameof () {}



Instead always use either the form in the example or this form:

var asdf = function () {};



If this fails to answer your question please let me know.



Austin Cheney, CISSP

http://prettydiff.com/



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