That doesn't really address my issue. If the 'Expected' messages could be considered advice, the "Unreachable '=' after 'return'" message is clearly wrong, as...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Oct 4, 2012 2:00 am
... Fix your code....
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John Hawkinson
john.hawkinson
Oct 4, 2012 2:03 am
douglascrockford <douglas@...> wrote on Thu, 4 Oct 2012 ... It would be so easy to explain why this construct is disfavored. It would be so easy to...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Oct 4, 2012 2:29 am
... In his original post he stipulated that the code was bad. So we are past explanation here. He refused my advice. I repeated my advice. He can take it or...
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Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Oct 4, 2012 6:39 pm
douglascrockford <douglas@... <mailto:douglas%40crockford.com> > wrote ... explanation here. He refused my advice. I repeated my advice. He can take...
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Tom Worster
thefsb
Oct 4, 2012 7:39 pm
"There are always going to be stupid people who don't want to get it right. For them it's really good that JSHint is available." -- http://vimeo.com/25606006 ...
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Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Oct 5, 2012 6:26 pm
Tom, Thanks for the link. That was an incredibly cool video. Thoughts I particularly enjoyed: - "Optimize for perfection, not for cleverness" - "Programs...
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Tom Worster
thefsb
Oct 5, 2012 7:22 pm
the quotes you mention get to the core of the fundamental difference of opinion between JSLint's supporters and critics. the general considerations reflected...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 12, 2012 5:09 pm
For the following code, JSLint returns "eval is evil.": /*jslint node: true */ 'use strict'; var client = require('redis').createClient(); ...
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Ian Toltz
itoltz
Oct 16, 2012 7:39 pm
I get the error 'Node' was used before it was defined. From the line: if (nodes[i].nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) { I do have the "Assume a browser" option on. I...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 16, 2012 8:22 pm
... It returns a client object, allowing interfacing with the [Redis key-value store][1]. ... Look at the comment at the top of the code: It's Node.js code,...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Oct 18, 2012 7:03 am
... Can you please cite the relevant standard?...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Oct 18, 2012 7:05 am
... /*jslint evil: true */...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 18, 2012 8:02 am
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:05 AM, douglascrockford ... I am already using that comment, but it is misleading, because: This eval is not evil....
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Oct 18, 2012 12:02 pm
... How do you expect JSLint to know that?...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 18, 2012 12:36 pm
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:02 PM, douglascrockford ... By checking the object: `eval`, `window.eval`, `global.eval`, etc. are evil Of course, it could be that...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 18, 2012 4:35 pm
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:48 PM, douglascrockford ... Why not enforce that with JSLint? It would be help enforcing consistent coding style in projects....
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Kirk Cerny
kirk.cerny
Oct 18, 2012 5:22 pm
I think this eval is evil. I believe that it is close enough to a reserved word to avoid using it as a property name. I also think it makes the code harder to...
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Marcel Duran
marcelduran
Oct 18, 2012 6:23 pm
Of course eval can be disguised in several ways, such as: window['eval'.toString()]('alert("foobar")'); So your redis client could be: ...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 18, 2012 7:15 pm
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Marcel Duran <marcelduran@...> ... Interesting hack, but I don't think this improves readability. Anyways, it's easier...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 18, 2012 7:33 pm
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Kirk Cerny <kirksemail@...> ... What's bad about using reserved words as property names? In his book, Douglas mentions...
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Joshua Bell
inexorabletash
Oct 22, 2012 4:20 pm
... Since the original poster hasn't replied: http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html That spec - which so far as I know is implemented by all the...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 22, 2012 4:27 pm
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Joshua Bell <inexorabletash@...> ... They should all be accessible via the `window` object, or am I missing something?...
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Felix E. Klee
feklee
Oct 22, 2012 4:29 pm
... Any reason why you don't use `window.Node.TEXT_NODE`?...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Oct 22, 2012 4:53 pm
... That document describes a rather large number of interfaces, which may be interesting in the abstract because JavaScript, as you know, does not have...
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Joshua Bell
inexorabletash
Oct 23, 2012 12:01 am
... That would be the ECMAScript binding of WebIDL: http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#ecmascript-binding Web standards typically define IDL fragments and...
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cse_html_validator
cse_html_val...
Nov 13, 2012 10:06 pm
Is there a way to get JSLint to recognize new tags via an option? I have a customer who can't make as good use of JSLint in CSE HTML Validator because it is...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Nov 13, 2012 10:08 pm
... What tag?...
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cse_html_validator
cse_html_val...
Nov 15, 2012 10:47 pm
... The "marquee" tag. Yes, it's a "bad" tag, and I've suggested they use the CSS marquee properties instead, but I suspect they would prefer to address more...
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Owen
eclipsechasers2
Nov 16, 2012 3:31 pm
While using jslint on some html with inline script, I run into the following error: A '<script>' must be within '< body div frame head iframe p pre span >'. ...
