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“It’s not that hard” (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I almost upvoted but for that last sentence. Code block scopes are most intuitive, and JavaScript has become a better language since it gained them.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I use it too. But when I have to read somebody's code or my own from a while ago, I prefer everything labeled at the top. That way I can read the top, jump anywhere, and know what is going on without looking at any other lines.

It's a preference that can be argued like dynamic typing.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I guess you could make a rule of declaring your variables at the top of their scope, be it a class, a function or a code block. That would give clarity without needlessly expanding any scopes.