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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10094818

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Gender variability as declarations in JavaScript: const / let / var

Meme is based on Jordan Peterson "approival / disapproval" format, him being a conservative who disapproves of gender fluidity.

Transcript:

Jordan Peterson approval image: const gender;

Jordan Peterson angry image: let gender;

Jordan Peterson crying image: var gender;

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last one can be freely changed by anyone, the middle one still has some restraints.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

var isn't global unless it's not inside a function. var is just function scoped, with declaration auto hoisted to the beginning of the function. let is a little more intuitive since you can't refer to it before it's been declared and has block scope rather than function scope.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait...... you can use a variable before you declare it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

var a;
(function() {
  a='hoisted';
  console.log(a);
  var a;
})()
console.log(a);

Should log hoisted and then undefined, showing that you've assigned to the later-declared var a which was hoisted vs the external global a.