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10 questions linked to/from Why is a function declaration within a condition block hoisted to function scope in Chrome but not Firefox?
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hoisting behavior changed between chrome 48 and 49 ? [duplicate]
if (true) {
function test() {
console.log(true);
}
} else {
function test() {
console.log(false);
}
}
test()
Chrome 48 (and node <5.9.1) logs false, chrome 49 (and firefox) log ...
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function expression on firefox - not expected result [duplicate]
if (true) {
function foo(){ return 1; }
}
else {
function foo(){ return 2; }
}
foo();
The above code is an example of function expression and returns 1 in Firefox 28 whereas 2 in Chrome ( expected ...
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What is the definition of "scope" when we are talking about function hoisting in JavaScript [duplicate]
I am learning JavaScript Function Hoisting, which says "the declaration of functions are moved to the top of their scope". Then I read the definition of "scope" from this doc, it ...
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Are named functions preferred over anonymous functions in JavaScript? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
JavaScript: var functionName = function() {} vs function functionName() {}
There are two possible methods for pulling out a function in Javascript:
var foo = function() { ... }...
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How does this hoisting work with block scope? [duplicate]
I've been asked about a question
{
function foo() {
console.log('A');
}
foo();
foo = 1;
function foo() {
console.log('B');
}
foo = 2;
console.log(foo);
}
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Firefox: function hoisting error
I used to assume that functions always get hoisted to the top of any block of JavaScript code.
For example, this works:
document.addEventListener('something', dummy);
function dummy(){
console....
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//Uncaught Error: Pick color is not a function - I can not find the Error
Everything was fine until I call the function var picked color = pickColor(); I have run the function pickColor() in console separately - works fine!!! Please help!!!
Html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<...
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In javascript, what are the "statement positions"? [closed]
I read in this article that function declarations can appear only in statement position. I'm wondering what are these "statement positions".
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Scoping and closure oddities in javascript
This was presented yesterday at TC39. You can find the gist here:
var p = () => console.log(f);
{
p(); // undefined
console.log(f); // function f(){}
f = 1;
p(); // undefined
console....
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Javascript hoisting confusion [duplicate]
I read Kyle's I don't know JS and came to know that function declarations will hoist first before the var. So in the below code
<script>
foo();
var a = true;
if ( a ) {
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