Oh, I just realized he is you. Again I hope you don't think I'm rude.
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote:
> The blog that the OP pointed to said that in coffeescript you can't place
> the calling code higher in the file than the called function definition. He
> was wrong. He ruled out coffeescript for this reason. That is incorrect
> and you can code the style he is promoting in coffeescript.
>
> I felt this was important and I was worried your post would corroborate
> that incorrect claim.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Andrew Kelley <superjo...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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> 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>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.
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