This code jslint fine, but the second aa function is not accessible. Can't jslint give a warning for this? "use strict"; var NN = ''; function aa(name) { NN =...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 2, 2009 12:36 pm
That's a good question. The only warning JSLint gives is that aa is global. JSLint is more forgiving of global mishaps, assuming that if you are doing things...
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Brook
mrprogguy
Nov 3, 2009 6:38 pm
What is the intent of flagging a line like gBarGinArr = []; with the error message "Read only?"...
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Brook
mrprogguy
Nov 3, 2009 6:45 pm
Given var b = javaApplet.Connect("javascript:OnConnect()"); as the target of investigation, I inevitably see the "Script URL" complaint from JSLint. Since the...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 3, 2009 6:59 pm
... See http://www.jslint.com/lint.html#global...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 3, 2009 7:01 pm
... I don't recommend the use of javascript:urls in any context....
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Brook
mrprogguy
Nov 3, 2009 7:28 pm
... I don't think that's really in question. The problem is that there aren't any other mechanisms available for use. One would hope that JSLint would be...
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samckayak
Nov 12, 2009 2:11 pm
I'm working on a bookmarklet for ie6 which I hope explains the lack of comments, short variables, and single-lined nature of the function. jslint seems to miss...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 12, 2009 2:38 pm
... Turn on the "Disallow undefined variables" option....
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samckayak
Nov 12, 2009 3:27 pm
... I will, and thank you. Isn't it a jslint anomaly that "of" was not flagged as a global variable by jslint? I found that renaming "of" to "ox" resulted in...
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Dominic Mitchell
happygiraffe...
Nov 12, 2009 10:45 pm
Hi all! I'd like to let you know that I've released a new version of my jslint wrapper, jslint4java. The new features are: * Upgrade to JSLint 2009-10-04. *...
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martijnbeulens
Nov 14, 2009 9:43 pm
Sam i tried to address some of your suggestions. Could not find how to do a keyboard shortcut yet, so that remains on the wishlist for now. Changelog 1.0.0.4 ...
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samckayak
Nov 15, 2009 4:14 pm
... These are great updates. It is much more streamlined now. I don't miss the control character much. It might be better if a jslint ICON could be place on...
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Simon Kenyon Shepard
sks0001010
Nov 16, 2009 5:57 pm
Hi, apologies if this has already been covered. I was wondering whether there are any plans to bring in the option to be able to flag console.log statements in...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 16, 2009 7:06 pm
... That is a great suggestion. Perhaps there could be an option that determines whether console, Debug, and Opera are predefined. You would turn it on for...
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sks0001010
Nov 16, 2009 9:28 pm
Hmmm, not that I can think of off the top of my head, those 3 are the only ones that get reused repeatedly for JS debugging in the different browsers. In...
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Toby Maxwell-Lyte
toby_maxwell...
Nov 17, 2009 8:23 am
What about alert() ? ... -- Toby Maxwell-Lyte 07816 836300 01443 449003...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 19, 2009 7:17 pm
I added an Assume console, alert, ... (devel) option. It predefines globals that are useful in browser development that should be avoided in production. It is...
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samckayak
Nov 27, 2009 5:39 pm
Martin, Two more wish-list items for the Dreamweaver JSLint extension: I've docked the JSLint "site reports" in the right-column of Dreamweaver in the "Files...
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samckayak
Nov 27, 2009 11:36 pm
JSLint warns: unexpected /*member when I add a new function to an object. What is this warning about? Sam...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Nov 28, 2009 1:01 pm
... You have a /*member */ comment that lists all of the allowed member names, and you are declaring a member name that is not on the list....
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Dec 2, 2009 9:24 pm
I am thinking to remove the Disallow undefined variables. I added the option originally to make the transition easier for people with sloppy code. But that was...
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Dominic Mitchell
happygiraffe...
Dec 2, 2009 10:19 pm
... I'm not bothered by this — it seems like a very sensible idea. -Dom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Aseem
aseem.kishor...
Dec 2, 2009 10:27 pm
I think the intention is right, but to be honest, I've turned it off on a few occasions as a workaround to allow code to be in a different order. By default,...
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Dominic Mitchell
happygiraffe...
Dec 2, 2009 11:00 pm
I've updated my jslint wrapper: - Now supports the "predef" option. - Uses jslint 2009-11-24, which adds the "devel" option. As usual, it's available from...
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pauanyu
Dec 3, 2009 12:45 pm
How about changing the "Disallow undefined variables" to "Allow using a function before it was defined"? That would handle Aseem's use-case while still...
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Tim Beadle
timbeadle
Dec 3, 2009 6:27 pm
2009/12/3 pauanyu <pcxunlimited@...> ... That sounds like a good idea - it would help people transition (I've done some of that to scripts I've taken...
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Aseem
aseem.kishor...
Dec 3, 2009 8:32 pm
That will definitely work for the meantime. But I've been meaning to ask (and this is a good time to), what's really wrong with referencing functions *inside*...
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Stefan Weiss
weiss@...
Dec 4, 2009 5:43 pm
... Nor will it in the first example. Function declarations are hoisted, which means that 'bar' is guaranteed to be available before the first statement in a...
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Aseem
aseem.kishor...
Dec 4, 2009 6:09 pm
Good post, I agree. Just a quick note -- ... Yes, this will work: bar(); function bar () { // ... } But I said it "feels" wrong, because in terms of...
