Mark, I think the point everyone is trying to make is that with regular JavaScript, this "start()" thing is *not* necessary, but with CoffeeScript it is... essentially, this "start()" mechanism is a hack for CS's lack of function hoisting.
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote: > Yes, I know it isn't hoisting. I never claimed it was. I'm just saying > (over and over) that callbacks can call the functions while going downwards > in the file. This is how I code everything. > > Here is a more detailed example. Note how readable it is when the control > flows downward, just like synchronous code. > > start = -> setTimeout cb1, 1000; console.log Date.now() > cb1 = -> setTimeout cb2, 1000; console.log Date.now() > cb2 = -> console.log Date.now() > > start() > > Everyone is still telling me it won't work, isn't hoisting, or something, > which has nothing to do with what I'm saying. As long as you all keep > doing this I'm going to keep trying to get my point across. > > Does anyone appreciate this pattern? It is like the pattern described in > the blog in the OP. And it *does* use coffeescript. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
