... This is due to a bug in JScript. The bug has been there for well over a decade. I have adopted a pledge to no longer work around Microsoft's bugs. The...
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Martin Cooper
mfncooper
Mar 3, 2012 4:30 pm
... Where can we find that list? It's important that we can know the rules up front, and not discover them only when JSLint complains. -- Martin Cooper...
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Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Mar 4, 2012 12:42 am
The library underscore.js (http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/) exports a single variable: _ -- a single underscore. I've tried putting _ in my...
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Martin Cooper
mfncooper
Mar 4, 2012 1:04 am
... I agree. The same problem is encountered by everyone using Node.js who also wants to use JSLint, because Node.js creates the predefined variables __dirname...
2821
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 4, 2012 5:37 am
... Did you?...
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Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Mar 4, 2012 5:00 pm
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I cannot help but think this rule may be harmful. I understand the intention behind this rule and how that intention may apply to...
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spence.randall@...
spence.randa...
Mar 4, 2012 5:20 pm
You could simply write the example function as follows: var a = function (x) { "use strict"; if (typeof x === "undefined") { return; } //complex and time...
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Ben White
benxwhite
Mar 4, 2012 6:16 pm
I would suggest there is no need for the else statement. This would suffice, and JSLint throws no errors. var a = function (x) { "use strict"; if (typeof x ===...
2825
Martin Cooper
mfncooper
Mar 10, 2012 10:52 pm
... No, I did not. Converting everyone else's JavaScript to The Good Parts is not my crusade. As I said in the ticket, my goal is to ensure that the code that...
2826
bartman1c
Mar 26, 2012 2:35 pm
I edit a greasemonkey script and I get this error now Error: Problem at line 373 character 19: Missing 'new'. GM_xmlhttpRequest({ Problem at line 415 character...
2827
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 26, 2012 3:33 pm
... Use the Tolerate uncapitalized constructors option....
2828
marcos.zanona
Mar 26, 2012 5:33 pm
I would like to use the following statement so `this` is not DOMWindow anymore, although JSLint doesn't expect so see a `.`[dot] after (function(){...}) ... ...
2829
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 26, 2012 6:30 pm
... I see no value in using this in that position. Try the following instead. It is slightly smaller and faster. (function (that) { // `that` is now {} }({}));...
2830
marcos.zanona
Mar 27, 2012 12:39 pm
It seems when defining: /*jslint es5:true*/ a = { get b () { return 'b value'; } } JSLint requires that a setter is also declared, although if the intention is...
2831
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 27, 2012 12:46 pm
... Good practice says to define them in pairs. Be explicit about the failure case....
2832
cse_html_validator
cse_html_val...
Mar 29, 2012 6:05 pm
... Well this is unfortunate. I updated am am getting reports of line #'s being off. I'd like to keep using JSLint, but I'm not sure if I can continue to do so...
2833
cse_html_validator
cse_html_val...
Mar 29, 2012 6:43 pm
... Or can the fix be put back in? I think that having to use the fix is unfortunate, but practicality would be on the side of working around MS bugs that are...
2834
Sean Kelly
seank_com
Mar 29, 2012 11:02 pm
You might look at node.js This has become my "go to" solution for running JavaScript locally. While it is designed to run really awesome web servers, and...
2835
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 30, 2012 6:08 pm
JSLint now warns when properties contain the substring 'Sync'. The use of that substring in Nodejs is to identify methods that can cause blockage. Such methods...
2836
cse_html_validator
cse_html_val...
Mar 30, 2012 7:56 pm
I may want to switch to node.js from WHS, but my setup uses wsh.js. Is there an equivalent that works the same as wsh.js but is for node.js instead of WSH?...
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John Hawkinson
john.hawkinson
Mar 30, 2012 9:00 pm
Isn't this misnamed? For those of us who write clean Javascript that doesn't depend on Node.js, why would we have to turn on a pejorative option name (tolerate...
2838
cse_html_validator
cse_html_val...
Mar 30, 2012 9:00 pm
... Thanks. I looked at it briefly, but I need an equivalent replacement for the code I posted in "Is there a node.js equivalent for wsh.js?". If I can get...
2839
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 30, 2012 9:02 pm
... No, it is very well named....
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Sean Kelly
seank_com
Mar 30, 2012 9:08 pm
Don't worry about being a JavaScript expert everyone has to start somewhere. I have found it very beneficial reading other peoples code. Look up anything you...
2841
Kirk Cerny
kirk.cerny
Mar 30, 2012 11:02 pm
Could the same be said about synchronous AJAX requests? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
2842
douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Mar 30, 2012 11:20 pm
... Obviously....
2843
IcedNet Development T...
dwmcneil...
Mar 30, 2012 11:30 pm
Finally an option to rule them all... Peace, Dan...
2844
Martin Cooper
mfncooper
Mar 31, 2012 12:55 am
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:08 AM, douglascrockford ... There are numerous valid and reasonable use cases for synchronous code in Node.js. To declare the use of...
2845
Mark Volkmann
mark_volkmann
Mar 31, 2012 2:08 am
I agree with Martin. Why not fix this by changing the name of the option to "sync" and have it default to false? ... R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. On...
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Andy Dawson
using_yg_und...
Mar 31, 2012 10:35 am
Alternatively, all the other options could be renamed to follow the same convention so that all uses can consistently need to lookup what options mean instead...
