message.replace( 'setTimeout', 'setInterval' );
:-)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Michael Geary <m...@mg.to> wrote:
> The problem is in your setTimeout() call.
>
> When you pass a string argument to setTimeout(), that string is evaluated
> *in the global context*.
>
> Instead, pass a function to setTimeout() and that function will be executed
> in the scope you expect.
>
> Since you're just calling a single function anyway, you can simply give its
> name to setInterval():
>
> setInterval( crossfade, 5000 );
>
> Or you can pass a function expression to setInterval():
>
> setInterval( function() {
> // body here
> }, 5000 );
>
> Also, just to make sure you know, this pattern you're using doesn't wait
> for a "document ready" before executing the code:
>
> (function($) {
> // code here
> })(jQuery);
>
> It executes the "code here" immediately where you place this function.
> That's perfectly fine and may be what you want. If you want to wait for
> document ready you can change it to:
>
> jQuery(function($) {
> // code here
> });
>
> Or if you have some code you want to run immediately and other code that
> should wait for document ready, you can combine the two approaches:
>
> (function($) {
>
> // code here runs immediately
>
> $(function() {
> // code here runs when document ready
> // and can access variables in outer function
> });
>
> })(jQuery);
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Magnificent <
> imightbewrongbutidontthin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm trying to group some exisiting top-level functions inside a
>> closure (to avoid polluting the global namespace) but I'm not quite
>> getting it to work.
>>
>> First, all the JS works outside my anonymous function, but once I put
>> it in the anonymous function I get an error of "crossfade is not
>> defined". Does anyone see anything completely obvious that I am
>> missing?
>>
>> I'm not quite getting why the the setInterval/crossfade works outside
>> the anonymous function but not inside. Anything inside start() should
>> be able to see vars/functions outside start() and it should all be
>> protected in the closure created by the top-level anonymous function?
>> I'm not trying to access anything *within* crossfade(), I'm just
>> trying to execute it.
>>
>>
>> (function($) {
>>
>> //vars up here that internal functions can access
>> //also using some jquery inside here, so using $
>>
>> function crossfade() {
>> //body here
>> }
>>
>> //other functions
>>
>> function start() {
>> //body here
>>
>> cInterval = setInterval('crossfade()', 5000);
>> }
>>
>> })(jQuery);
>>
>
>
