On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbar...@mit.edu> wrote:
> On 7/28/14, 11:09 AM, Rick Waldron wrote:
>
>> var y = x.replace('{{blob}}', function() {
>> return data;
>> });
>>
>
> In fairness, that's the sort of thing that gives off a "WAT smell". Code
> like this without a comment that explains the indirection is just asking
> someone to "simplify" it, breaking it in the process...
I don't disagree with your feedback, but JS has had special semantics for
"$" (with ’ or n) character in the replaceValue since ES3 (just short of 15
years). I didn't say that the solution was obvious, just that it required
familiarity ;)
Rick
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