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I agree it's interesting that you can't drop the braces around function bodies (which hadn't occurred to me before) but the example in the post, of where else if ... is actually else { if ... } seems obvious. Isn't that behaving exactly how it's written, and isn't that how everyone would expect it to work if they'd never seen the language before?
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It's not.
Because we're always encouraged to use {} in some ways, and we learn by memory to use those, without knowing the why.
During the first approach to a language, you cannot be so deeply analytic, because you've to trust the rules, or you will never go on.
After the totally beginner phase, you should start to ask yourself the why.
Passionate with code... In love with Web Design, Videogames, Books and Jazz music.Years of experience in "document composition" and a Front-End Developer wannabe (since years)
I agree it's interesting that you can't drop the braces around function bodies (which hadn't occurred to me before) but the example in the post, of where
else if ...is actuallyelse { if ... }seems obvious. Isn't that behaving exactly how it's written, and isn't that how everyone would expect it to work if they'd never seen the language before?It's not.
Because we're always encouraged to use
{}in some ways, and we learn by memory to use those, without knowing the why.During the first approach to a language, you cannot be so deeply analytic, because you've to trust the rules, or you will never go on.
After the totally beginner phase, you should start to ask yourself the why.
Have you ever encountered a bug caused by missing parentheses? Being consistent improves code readability and makes it easier to identify bugs.
It's not about... DON'T USE PARENTHESES :D It's all about know the why of parentheses
This proves that grammar in JS is a joke!