It's simply a function expression I think it's called, so it's actually
illegal syntax just to have function(){} but if it becomes part of another
statement then it works. You can't have a * or / first because it's illegal
js syntax.
This should be perfectly valid though:
123,
function(){
alert(1);
}();
On 11 May 2011 23:35, Jacob Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Nathan Sweet <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > (someone
> > smarter than me will tell you why * and / don't work, but my guess is
> that
> > they don't coerce the same way as the operators listed above).
>
> I think that +, -, and ! can be unary or binary operators in js
> syntax, whereas * and / can only be binary operators. This makes sense
> when you think about their meaning in mathematics.
>
> Best,
>
> Jake
>
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