Wouldn't a global strict mode cause indeterminate behavior in modules not
tested for ES5 compliance?

Cheers,
Adam Crabtree


On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:03 PM, AJ ONeal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Perhaps the very best part of node v0.10.0 is that all of the core
> modules
> > are finally fully ES5 compliant!!!
> >
> > Although, you can't use es5-compliant mode with a shebang
> > (because you can't pass the --use_strict argument),
> > so I made a shim that will run node in es5 (strict) mode for you. [0]
> >
> > Install
> >
> >     sudo npm install -g node-es5
> >
> > Usage
> >
> >     #!/usr/bin/env node-es5
> >
> > (P.S. Dear core devs: please provide a native cli for strict mode node)
> >
> > Except in the case that you're writing code that also runs in the
> browser,
> > you can now skip the obligatory
> >
> >     (function () {
> >       "use strict";
> >
> >       // code goes here
> >     }());
> >
> > Not that there's any harm in putting it in... but it's just annoying.
> >
> > You can also take out `strict: true` from your `.jshintrc` for your node
> > projects. (An `implicitstrict` option may come soon [1]).
> >
> > Anyway, this is certainly a GIANT step forward in eliminating the
> excuses of
> > using bug-prone ES3 code.
> >
> > Hurrah to the Node Devs!
> >
> > AJ ONeal
> >
> > [0]: https://github.com/coolaj86/node-es5
> > [1]: https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/924
>
> AJ, am I missing something?
>
>   #!/path/to/node --use_strict
>   console.log('Hello, world.');
>
> You're saying that doesn't work for you?
>
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