JSLint will now providing a warning for code like this: function foo(a) { var i; for (i = 0; i < a.length; i += 1) { a[i].onclick = function (e) { alert(i); };...
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klemen.slavic
May 7, 2008 9:50 pm
When constructing a singleton in JS using an anonymous constructor, JSlint returns a "Weird construction" error. Here's the code: /*globals A*/ A = new...
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Alan Green
alanggreen
May 11, 2008 4:12 am
Hi Although this is really a javascript (not jslint) issue, could you explain why one should make the function valus in a closure. Thanks Alan ... make...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 11, 2008 1:07 pm
... Drop the unnecessary new operator, then it will be correct....
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 11, 2008 1:10 pm
... The common failure case was shown in the example, attaching event handlers in a loop. If the event handlers are bound to variables that are mutated by the...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 12, 2008 4:54 pm
When immediately invoking a function literal, parens must wrap the expression when it is used in the statement position because of an ambiguity in the grammar...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 16, 2008 3:49 pm
JSLint now issues a warning if it sees the close script tag in a comment....
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 19, 2008 3:58 pm
I added the JSON object to the list of objects that are provided by the standard, in anticipation of the next edition of the ECMAScript standard....
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Re Miya
remiya_ws
May 20, 2008 8:31 pm
In jQuery there is the following code when throwing error in an Ajax call: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) { // typically only one of...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 20, 2008 10:03 pm
Clearly that code is bad. How you fix it depends on what it is supposed to do. If you delete the line containing this; it will behave as it does now....
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Re Miya
remiya_ws
May 21, 2008 4:28 am
I do not know what *this;* is intended to do. But because this is placed in the jQuery website official documentation for Ajax, I thought it might be some kind...
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
May 22, 2008 10:55 am
Hi I would like to request for the indent level used/checked by jslint, when the whitespace option is turned on, to be made configurable, as an option. Reason:...
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Thomas Koch
cluj_de
May 22, 2008 1:44 pm
Hi, I started today to explore jslint. My first problem was, to figure out, which jslint I actually need/want. There's jslint from Douglas Crockford which I've...
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mflanagan_swim
May 22, 2008 2:01 pm
I agree! I also modified the existing jslint, but I added an edit box so I could specify the value (so no hard-coding). But Douglas does such a good job of...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 23, 2008 2:56 am
JSLint now accepts an indent parameter that allows setting the number of spaces of indentation when checking strict whitespace. The default is 4. It can be...
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
May 23, 2008 5:49 am
... Great news. Thank you Douglas! /Jakob...
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Kai
kaichen67
May 24, 2008 5:39 pm
Hello! A few -more or less- philosophical questions regarding strict whitespace option: A) Comment: JSLint doesn't like comments within function arg...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 24, 2008 9:02 pm
... Fixed. Thanks. ... To be clear, an anonymous function is a function without a name, not a function named function....
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 27, 2008 11:53 pm
JSLint now accepts the "use strict" declaration. This is in anticipation of the next edition of ECMAScript. Strict mode will reject many problematic features...
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Merlin
harry152566
May 28, 2008 10:57 am
JSLint does not handle tabs correctly. Mostly, this does not matter, but it does matter when checking indentation. Some text editors allow tab-stops to be...
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
May 28, 2008 11:06 am
I think it would be simpler, and probably better, if jslint could "enforce" (check that is) and either-or policy: either indentation is performed using spaces...
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Merlin
harry152566
May 28, 2008 7:22 pm
It is a good idea when offering code to get it right! Here is a corrected version of my recent post. function detab(data, tabspace) { var i, c, col = 0, out =...
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Merlin
harry152566
May 28, 2008 8:10 pm
... Tabs are not just bad , they are awful. They have been a source of trouble from the early days of computers. Unless you know where the tab-stops were...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 29, 2008 1:58 pm
Tabs are problematic largely due to a lack of standardization. They are unnecessary, but still in significant use. JSLint now treats a tab as equivalent to the...
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ps_praveenkr
May 30, 2008 6:27 pm
Hi, function myFunc() { var v1 = { option: true }; var v2 = v1.option = false; }; JSLint throws the following error messages for the above code snippet: Error:...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 30, 2008 6:32 pm
... You are using an assignment expression in a confusing context. Wrap it in parens to show that you are doing it intentionally. function myFunc() { var v1 =...
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ps_praveenkr
May 30, 2008 7:04 pm
I tried that but now I get: Error: Problem at line 3 character 10: Parens are not needed here. var v2 = (v1.option = false); I can ignore this message but my...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
May 30, 2008 8:09 pm
... JSLint was in error. Please try it now....
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ps_praveenkr
May 30, 2008 8:56 pm
... That works. Thanks!...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Jun 1, 2008 6:22 am
The function report now includes urls that are found in html files....
