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Re:JSHint: An Community Driven Fork of JSLint by callahad on Friday February 18, 2011 @03:12PM (#2237032)
It's concerned about the declaration of i within the loop's first term. Since JavaScript only has function-level scope, that variable leaks into the broader context, which can lead to unexpected behavior.
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Re:JSHint: An Community Driven Fork of JSLint by marijn on Friday February 18, 2011 @03:52PM (#2237213)
Not if you actually, you know, know what you're doing. This dumbing down of programming does not work--if you have clueless people working on code, it'll end up broken, no matter how many tool-enforced 'best practices' they follow.
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Re:JSHint: An Community Driven Fork of JSLint by evgen on Friday February 18, 2011 @11:05PM (#2238336)
Why would the zen master of JavaScript of which you speak have any need for JSLint in the first place? Us mere mortals are sometimes forgetful and need reminders...
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Re:JSHint: An Community Driven Fork of JSLint by Skalman on Friday February 18, 2011 @04:31PM (#2237355)
I can't see why people not liking the defaults (which are great for beginners) can't change their settings.
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