Yes, Dave Herman already mentioned that, and I replied with this: While this is true, this is far less of a problem than opt-in local scoping, because the errors with opt-out local scoping are always going to be local to the block/function the variable was assigned in.
Because of this, I believe the convenience is worth the cost. Waldemar Horwat wrote: > With this proposal you just get the dual problem: You think you're assigning > to an outer-scope variable while in fact you're creating and later discarding > a local variable. This would just flip the confusion you worry about to the > other case without eliminating it. > > ES proposals already provide a good solution to this problem: strict mode. > In strict mode you can't accidentally create a global just because you have a > missing var. You get an error if you try. > > Waldemar > _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
