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I realise that everyone is critic, but I am sorry: I understand fully how `this` gets bound and how scoping works in Javasscript. And it sucks! Scoping: Javasc
by bazsouthafrica 14y ago
I realise that everyone is critic, but I am sorry: I understand fully how `this` gets bound and how scoping works in Javasscript. And it sucks!
Scoping: Javascript uses C/Java notation but it does not have block scope, only function scope. That to me seems very misleading.
And with regards to `this`, the way function invocation sets `this` differs totally from method invocation. How can this not be a problem!
- jlongster 14y ago> Scoping: Javascript uses C/Java notation but it does not have block scope, only function scope. That to me seems very misleading. Yes, it is, but we weren't talking about that problem. That is already solved in ES6 with `let`, which is approved and will be available in about a year. > And with regards to `this`, the way function invocation sets `this` differs totally from method invocation. How can this not be a problem! Function and method invocation are different things, with different semantics. It's like that in many other languages too. Sure, the way `this` is handles is a problem sometimes, but I think it's overblown.