On 1/14/11, Gary Katsevman <gary.katsev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The reason why he doesn't like putting the var in the for loops has to
> do with variable hoisting and non-block scope in javascript.
>
> for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
> print(i);
> }
> i; // undefined in java but 5 in javascript
>
That wouldn't compile in Java.
> He would rather people define the variable outside of the for loop so
> that people realize that the variable is still available after the for
> loop ends.
>
To me that seems more like a style preference than a mistake.
--
Garrett
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