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0 pointslondons_explore2mo ago0 comments

Why wrap in a lambda?

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re2mo ago

Because I learned JS before ECMAScript 6 was widely supported by browsers and haven't written a ton of it targeting modern browsers. You're right that it's unnecessary.

tinyhitman2mo ago

Could be to allow use of local variables that do not leak into the scope this code is executed in. That's what I use this pattern for.

crdrost2mo ago

pro tip: no longer necessary

    { let count = 50; const interval = setInterval(() => { addSnakeNode(); if (--count <= 0) clearInterval(interval); }, 100) }

londons_exploreOP2mo ago

And polluting the global variable namespace hardly matters when using the console.

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