Disclaimer: I am no fan of Microsoft. but... The page looks bad on IE9 because the #JSLINT_ ID selector is not being interpreted right (something to do with...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
May 14, 2012 6:30 pm
This code fails JSLint: ````var myScript = {}; ````(function () { ````````var THIS = this; ````````function defined(x) { ````````````return typeof x !==...
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sandyhead25
May 15, 2012 1:50 pm
Would it be possible to warn on use of the "this" keyword? With exception to extending prototypes or referencing from the DOM I have never seen an efficient...
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Robert Ferney
capnregex
May 15, 2012 4:52 pm
Douglas, This little explanation was great. It would be wonderful if the error messages would link to pages with little explanations like this. - Robert Ferney...
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Robert Ferney
capnregex
May 15, 2012 4:54 pm
Or even, references to the chapter in The Good Parts. - Robert Ferney ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Tom Worster
thefsb
May 15, 2012 5:07 pm
... I agree and support the feature request. Sometimes I feel so stupid reading fancy modern JS code. It's nice to know I'm not alone in benefiting from "the...
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Merlin
harry152566
May 16, 2012 4:01 pm
This code: /*jslint nomen: true, node: true */ "use strict"; var fs = require("fs"), path = require("path"); var JSLINT_PATH = path.join(__dirname,...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
May 16, 2012 4:19 pm
... That is because you failed to specify option.stupid....
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Luke Page
page.luke...
May 31, 2012 2:03 pm
Hi, Not sure if anyone has requested this before, but a common cause of bugs and even more often, maintainence issues, arise because a programmer thinks of a...
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IcedNet Development T...
dwmcneil...
May 31, 2012 2:07 pm
I can definitely see the value in that. I already search entire projects for this pattern (I bear some of the guilt for usage after all), which I automate, but...
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Tom Worster
thefsb
May 31, 2012 2:40 pm
i think this is a job for the ide, not the linter....
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josephtbrdly
May 31, 2012 3:42 pm
Love the new site layout! One request: Can you make the width of the site fixed at the width of the browser window? If a line of code is wider than the window,...
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Luke Page
page.luke...
May 31, 2012 6:59 pm
Unfortunately my IDE (visual studio) only does it for c#, not js. But, even if it did, its useful as a task list, but I use jslint as a pre-check-in and I...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
May 31, 2012 7:09 pm
... If I do this, I will dictate the format of the TODO directive, and I will tolerate no whining about it. Is that agreeable?...
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Michael S. Mikowski
z_mikowski
Jun 1, 2012 1:43 am
If you are using web storm or perhaps other ide (like vim with syntax) its already highlighted. As much as I love jslint, I feel this is beyond its original...
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Martin Cooper
mfncooper
Jun 1, 2012 2:22 am
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Michael S. Mikowski ... I agree, a linting tool should stick to static analysis of the code. It shouldn't be trying to...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Jun 11, 2012 9:15 pm
I will be giving a talk about the theoretical foundations of JSLint. http://www.meetup.com/TechXploration/events/65087252/...
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benquarmby
Jun 21, 2012 12:47 am
Doug, I don't have a problem with this option, but I would like to suggest a stricter implementation of it's behavior. Instead of broadly catching the...
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Joe Martin
josephjoaqui...
Jun 26, 2012 5:09 pm
Iterating over an array backwards like: /*jslint plusplus: true */ var ii, foo = []; for (ii = foo.length; --ii;) { foo.push("hello"); } produces the error...
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Mike
z_mikowski
Jun 26, 2012 5:24 pm
This to me is clearly a situation of code being too clever for its own good. Simply write it out the statement in full. What's so hard about that? ... ...
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Joe Martin
josephjoaqui...
Jun 26, 2012 5:41 pm
... What I wrote is a pretty common pattern but that's beside the point. I just want to know if for loops are supposed to be either all parameters or no ...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Jun 27, 2012 4:00 am
... Right. If all you need is a condition, use while. And don't get too tricky....
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archie172
Jun 30, 2012 3:30 pm
Hi, I've just starting using jslint and it's been very helpful. Thanks for making it available. For better or worse it combines what I'd call "correctness...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Jun 30, 2012 3:45 pm
I recommend that you accept JSLint's advice....
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archie172
Jun 30, 2012 4:44 pm
... Thanks for the recommendation :-) Not sure what you're saying though... Are you saying "It's not a coding style issue" or are you saying "Everyone should...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Jun 30, 2012 4:50 pm
... I am saying that I recommend that you accept JSLint's advice. If you have evidence that your "style" results in a significantly reduced error rate, then I...
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benquarmby
Jul 1, 2012 10:31 am
While I'm not sure anyone would consider mixing single and double quotes to be an error (or look like an error, or be more error prone), mixing them does...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Jul 1, 2012 1:01 pm
... My advice is to use "double quotes" for strings that are meaningful externally, like urls, html templates, and error messages; and to use 'single quotes'...
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John Hawkinson
john.hawkinson
Jul 1, 2012 3:05 pm
When you deal with strings that contain double quotes and strings that contain single quotes: "Warning: can't find token." 'Invalid input: "cheese"' it is...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Jul 1, 2012 4:50 pm
... You should be glad to know that what you find annoying is not a consideration. I am concerned instead with correctness and readability....
