Comments on: Self-executing functions http://www.jspatterns.com/self-executing-functions/ Exploring common JavaScript patterns and anti-patterns Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1 By: Karl http://www.jspatterns.com/self-executing-functions/#comment-3615 Karl Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:43:27 +0000 http://www.jspatterns.com/?p=62#comment-3615 @Avi - I think the author is trying to get across that the variables and functions inside a self-executing anon function will not be global and therefore won't clobber any variables / functions that may already exist in the global namespace, i.e. if you declare a var / function without namespacing it or using a particular function pattern it will be part of the global namespace, i.e. the window object in a browser, hope this helps.... @Avi - I think the author is trying to get across that the variables and functions inside a self-executing anon function will not be global and therefore won’t clobber any variables / functions that may already exist in the global namespace, i.e. if you declare a var / function without namespacing it or using a particular function pattern it will be part of the global namespace, i.e. the window object in a browser, hope this helps….

]]> By: Avi http://www.jspatterns.com/self-executing-functions/#comment-3571 Avi Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:25:55 +0000 http://www.jspatterns.com/?p=62#comment-3571 I didn't understand the part of: "...You don’t want to add your variables and functions to the host page’s naming space and possibly causing a naming conflict with the page's core code." How can this scenario happen? Can you give me an example? I didn’t understand the part of:
“…You don’t want to add your variables and functions to the host page’s naming space and possibly causing a naming conflict with the page’s core code.”
How can this scenario happen?
Can you give me an example?

]]> By: Alva Giannecchini http://www.jspatterns.com/self-executing-functions/#comment-3210 Alva Giannecchini Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:16:56 +0000 http://www.jspatterns.com/?p=62#comment-3210 awesome bless you for composing this awesome bless you for composing this

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