The outer function is a "hygenic wrapper" created by the CoffeeScript
compiler. Occasionally, it places a few things that should be local to the
individual file inside the function and before the define(). I haven't
checked yet whether the Google Closure compiler is smart enough to unwrap
these, when they are not necessary.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Daniel Jue wrote:
> I don't have input on the question of additional scope, but thanks for
> letting us know that the upgrade went pretty smoothly-- I'm eager to use
> 5.4 but I can't change right now.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Kristian Marinkovic <
> kristian.marinko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > why are tapestry's requirejs modules nested in an anonymous javascript
> > function:
> >
> > (function() {
> >define(['jquery'], function($) {
> >})
> > }).call(this);
> >
> > isn't it enough to just write define(, function() {})? Is there a
> > reason for this additional scope?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Kris
> >
> >
> >
> > BTW, i just migrated an existing T5.3.7 application to T5.4-beta-2 with
> > almost no hassle. i'm really impressed.
> >
>
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