I am no longer able to upgrade to JSLint to pick up bug fixes and new features because of these two rules: - "this" can't be used in named functions. I...
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Tom Worster
thefsb
Oct 27, 2011 9:20 pm
... i want jslint to tell be about these in my code. ... i don't mind either way as it's easy to address in the build system. i don't entirely understand why...
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paulcrowder1979
Oct 28, 2011 3:08 pm
... Who's running JSLint on third-party code?...
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sandyhead25
Oct 28, 2011 4:15 pm
... Strict mode is the future of the language. The language is dead set on a course for increased readability and more terse syntax. ... Events are treated as...
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Erik Eckhardt
vorpalmage
Oct 28, 2011 4:16 pm
1. It's nice that *you* want jslint to tell you about these in your code. Someone else doesn't want it. You sound like my 5-year-old son who always has to...
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John Hawkinson
john.hawkinson
Oct 28, 2011 4:29 pm
... Only that it is cumbersome, expensive, and inefficient to do so. Forks are not free. They add huge maintenance hassles. They also are rude to the...
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Chris
altearius
Nov 3, 2011 6:44 pm
I recent debugged some code that followed this pattern: var a, b, c; a === b = c; When executed, this results in a syntax error, due to invalid left-hand side...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 3, 2011 7:11 pm
... Thanks. Please try it now....
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mathew
metavariable
Nov 14, 2011 7:23 pm
... Someone else already suggested running a beautifier on the code. Here are three more solutions: 1. Have the unit tests run an EOL whitespace check. 2. Have...
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John Hawkinson
john.hawkinson
Nov 14, 2011 7:25 pm
... ... These solutions may be reasonable if you are just starting out. They are not reasonable if you have a large installed codebase. Guess which position...
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mathew
metavariable
Nov 14, 2011 7:32 pm
... So don't run JSLint on your entire codebase. Either you need to fix the problems in the code that cause JSLint failures, or you need to not run JSLint on...
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Erik Eckhardt
vorpalmage
Nov 14, 2011 8:13 pm
Matthew, By saying "fix the code" you are saying the code is broken. Except, trailing white space is *not* broken code in the minds of many users, as evidenced...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Nov 14, 2011 8:37 pm
... JSLint was written for me. JavaScript is a language full of traps and sharp edges. I do not dare write in JavaScript without JSLint's assistance. I have...
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Pierre Martineau
pierremartineau
Nov 16, 2011 4:04 am
(I apologize for the multiple posts - I did not know I could send good old plain text) Are JSLint indentation rules documented anywhere? (in particular rules...
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Pierre Martineau
pierremartineau
Nov 16, 2011 4:29 am
The formatted tests can be found at the following link: http://pastebin.com/NAsaH1V7...
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Erik Eckhardt
vorpalmage
Nov 16, 2011 6:03 am
Unfortunately, due to the limitations of HTML and this email list, your indents have been lost and we don't know what you're pointing out. Try replacing the...
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Doc Emmett Splendid
emmett.thesane
Nov 16, 2011 6:29 am
I just use pastie or similar, even within the same company: http://pastie.org/ (and now... I'm hungry for a pastie) ________________________________ From: Erik...
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paulcrowder1979
Nov 16, 2011 8:45 pm
... I agree with some of your points. JSLint is a valuable tool, and I do not write JavaScript without it. I also see the value in adding new rules as new...
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Michael Mikowski
z_mikowski
Nov 16, 2011 9:27 pm
Removing trailing whitespace IS trivial: sed -i -e 's/\s*$//' $(find ./ -type f) Of course if you are using notepad, it might take a few months. ...
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Michael Mikowski
z_mikowski
Nov 16, 2011 9:33 pm
You want to do this independent of all other code work. Â So the following workflow is recommended: git pull sed -i -e 's/\s*$//' $(find ./ -type f) // ensure...
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paulcrowder1979
Nov 17, 2011 3:31 pm
... Writing the code is trivial. Pushing out an IDE plug-in to 100+ developers that will run the code when they save their files, waiting for the plug-in to...
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Michael Mikowski
z_mikowski
Nov 17, 2011 10:48 pm
Hey Paul: I feel your pain. Â I don't know your process, environment, and restrictions. Â So all this is speculation. If you are supporting 100+ developers,...
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Jean-Charles Meyrignac
jcmeyrignac
Nov 18, 2011 12:43 am
... In my company, we use SVN+CCNet+Nant/MsBuild If you have 100+ developers, you necessarily have a continuous build, and I'm 100% sure that you can script...
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Nagy Endre
forewer2000
Nov 18, 2011 2:13 pm
Hi everyone, maybe it's a little offtopic sorry, but can anyone explain why "this" inside the "o" object is refer to window ? Why it's not refer to the "o"...
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z_mikowski@...
z_mikowski
Nov 18, 2011 4:19 pm
Javascript does not provide block scope, only functional scope. Therefore the 'this' in your code takes the value as provided to the enclosing function. You...
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James
jpdavenportjr
Nov 18, 2011 10:07 pm
Maybe I'm missing something. When I enable "Tolerate many var statements per function" I still get errors for failing to have just one var at the top of the...
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Luke Page
page.luke...
Nov 19, 2011 9:27 am
Is it vars in a for loop initializer? If so jslint always rejects these. Otherwise please provide an example. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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stauren
stauren...
Nov 21, 2011 7:49 am
I don't think this is about block scope or functional sope. This is probably because the function is executed when the script is being parsed, at which time...
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Nagy Endre
forewer2000
Nov 21, 2011 9:43 am
Yes, i realized that in {a: this} the value of "a" is the "window" value, not what we expect, because at runtime probably the object is not created yet, so...
