JS++ cool idea and technique!

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by rnd me

i can see how with function hoisting and all one might think it wouldn't work, but it's neat how it works as expected, huh?

I have to say that it does not work for me (in IE9 or Chrome)

[felgall]

Originally Posted by rnd me

if your claim is true, why does this seem to work?

The examples you quote are both running the second version of the function - that the if statement returns true is irrelevant it would run the second copy of the function even if the if statement returned false.

[rnd me]

Originally Posted by felgall

The examples you quote are both running the second version of the function - that the if statement returns true is irrelevant it would run the second copy of the function even if the if statement returned false.

i see. i did not notice that. i probably have some broken non old IE code floating around.

well, you were right and i was wrong.
i'm still re-reading the spec to try to figure this one out...

awesome; it's not everyday i learn something new about JS!

thanks for the follow-up.