You didn't sound rude to me - it's fine. I am specifically talking about calling a function before defining it. That's the whole point. What I said holds true.
On Saturday, August 17, 2013 5:02:51 PM UTC-4, Mark Hahn wrote: > > Ok, I apologize for the rudeness in my tone. Let me explain what is going > on. > > Your example fails not because the call is above the definition in the > file, it fails because the call happens before the definition in time. > > My example has the call above the definition in the file but the > definition happens before the call in time. > > So mine succeeds and yours doesn't. The important thing for the > readability of the code is that the call is above the definition in the > file. This makes the code read as if it is linear. The need for the extra > start() at the bottom is a small price to pay. Also, I only have this call > at the bottom of each module. > > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Mark Hahn <ma...@reevuit.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> > ReferenceError: doNext is not defined >> >> Wrong. Run it. It works great. The first two lines are just >> assignments. So they are both defined when start runs. >> >> I've gotten this exact response when I've posted this before. People >> blindly believe the myth. >> >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Andrew Kelley >> <super...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> doNext() >>> doNext = -> >>> >>> ReferenceError: doNext is not defined >>> >>> vs >>> >>> doNext() >>> function doNext() { >>> >>> } >>> >>> On Saturday, August 17, 2013 2:47:07 PM UTC-4, Mark Hahn wrote: >>> >>>> > First to note - Coffee-Script actually *prohibits* this kind of code >>>> organization, because all functions are necessarily assignments. >>>> >>>> It is a myth that you have to put function definitions before the >>>> calling code in coffee. Here is a pattern I use in all my code ... >>>> >>>> start = -> doNext() >>>> doNext = -> ... >>>> >>>> start() >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Andrew Kelley <super...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wrote this article as a response to all the recent callback hate: >>>>> >>>>> http://andrewkelley.me/post/**js-callback-organization.html<http://andrewkelley.me/post/js-callback-organization.html> >>>>> >>>>> It contains: >>>>> >>>>> - Acknowledgement of better async syntax than what callbacks offer >>>>> - Tips on how to structure callback based code >>>>> - Reasons why you might want to stick with js instead of a >>>>> compile-to-js language. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>>>> Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/** >>>>> node/wiki/Mailing-List-**Posting-Guidelines<https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to nod...@googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> nodejs+un...@**googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en> >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to nodejs+un...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> -- >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> Posting guidelines: >>> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nod...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nodejs+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nodejs+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.