... The confusion is with the sequence -]. Does it mean \-] or -\]] JSLint is not smart enough to figure that out. Neither are most of us. So code it like you...
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altearius
Aug 24, 2009 2:47 pm
Can you clarify this? His opening bracket is not escaped, so if he escapes his closing bracket, won't that cause an "unterminated character class" error? It...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Aug 24, 2009 2:04 pm
... You escape it to reduce the likelihood of error or misinterpretation....
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pauanyu
Aug 24, 2009 2:02 pm
... This is fixed now. Using @import "foo" doesn't work, but @import url("foo") does....
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woomla
Aug 24, 2009 8:40 am
"use strict"; function t() { var name, norm; name = 'js/js-js.js'; norm = name.replace(/([\.\/-])/g, ''); return name === norm; } gives me this Error: Problem...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Aug 23, 2009 1:03 am
... JSLint now accepts the url form of @import. It will continue to reject the string form of @import....
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pauanyu
Aug 22, 2009 1:55 pm
@charset "UTF-8"; @import 'foo'; @import url('foo'); @import "foo"; @import url("foo"); JSLint chokes on the above....
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pauanyu
Aug 22, 2009 1:55 pm
... It appears that cookies are now saved for ~12 days. Thanks, Douglas!...
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pauanyu
Aug 22, 2009 1:53 pm
... Sorry, I write functional, not object-oriented, so I've never had any reason to have intentionally-unused arguments, though I can see that others might...
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pauanyu
Aug 21, 2009 11:23 pm
... Fair enough, but your comments don't really apply to me, so I am still kindly asking for a longer-length cookie....
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pauanyu
Aug 21, 2009 11:23 pm
... That is true, but I'm not advocating it throw an error. Simply that it would show up in the "Unused" list in the summary. I have had plenty of times where...
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Michael Lorton
mlorton
Aug 21, 2009 11:23 pm
... do you need "b" to be the second argument? ... The otherwise always-sharp Pauanyu had a senior moment there and forgot about object-oriented programming,...
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altearius
Aug 21, 2009 11:18 pm
I am also in favor of returning the previous functionality of the long-term cookie. Maintaining a /*jslint*/ block at the top of every JavaScript file that I...
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jpdavenportjr
Aug 21, 2009 8:29 pm
I see the problem. There cannot be a space between "/*" and "global". Just like there cannot be one between "/*" and "jslint", if that's how I decide to...
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inexorabletash
Aug 21, 2009 4:34 pm
... Compatibility with an existing API. For example, you're implementing a callback function and the caller provides two arguments. Admittedly, you could...
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Dominic Mitchell
happygiraffe...
Aug 21, 2009 3:27 pm
... Ah but that's why you need to integrate it into your build system. That's why I wrote jslint4java. If you commit bad JavaScript then you break the build....
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Arthur Blake
blakesys
Aug 21, 2009 2:24 pm
Oh, and one other good reason: The comment serves as a reminder that the file should really be checked via jslint whenever it is modified (getting other...
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Arthur Blake
blakesys
Aug 21, 2009 2:23 pm
Just expressing my humble opinion... another few good reasons: 1. your code can be used in other JSLint environments (instead of just the web front end) and be...
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pauanyu
Aug 21, 2009 2:17 pm
... I have to wonder... if you never use the variable "a" in your code, why do you need "b" to be the second argument? Why not write: function foo(b) { var c =...
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pauanyu
Aug 21, 2009 2:17 pm
... Why would I want to add this to top of every one of my dozens and dozens of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML files: /*jslint white: true, onevar: true, browser:...
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Arthur Blake
blakesys
Aug 20, 2009 3:47 pm
IMHO, even nicer and more useful than using the cookie, is simply specifying the jslintoptions at the top of your JS file! ... That way you can customize the...
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Michael Lorton
mlorton
Aug 20, 2009 3:43 pm
... I don't think that "a" is unused -- in particular, it makes it possible for b to be declared. Consider the following: function foo(a, b) { var c = b; } ...
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pauanyu
Aug 20, 2009 3:24 pm
Previously, the cookie JSLint used to store the settings was a rather long-lived cookie. Recently, this was changed so the cookie would expire at the end of...
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pauanyu
Aug 20, 2009 3:23 pm
function foo(a, b) { var c; } In the above, the local variables "a" and "b" are never used, yet they are not listed as "Unused". Instead, only "c" is listed. ...
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Paul Novitski
paul.novitski
Aug 20, 2009 7:34 am
jslint complains if I use a function before it's defined, e.g.: window.onload = initialize; function initialize() { ... } I can certainly understand why one...
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Michael Lorton
mlorton
Aug 19, 2009 4:45 pm
The world, as they say, is a very big place. I myself almost never use NAMED functions. That is, I never do this: function f() { ... }; Sometimes, not often,...
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Cheney, Edward A SSG ...
sandyhead25
Aug 19, 2009 4:25 pm
... I understand the need to use such functions for scope and containment, but what benefit do anonymous functions serve compared to named functions,...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 18, 2009 11:20 pm
... Thanks. Please try it now....
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Aug 18, 2009 10:59 pm
... So it would seem. ... /*global CMECF */ See http://www.jslint.com/lint.html#global...
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Jacob Davenport
jpdavenportjr
Aug 18, 2009 10:45 pm
Am I crazy? I thought I could add this comment at the top: /* global CMECF window */ And then I could reference my CMECF global (analogous to the YAHOO...
