id.js

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// I'm going to leave my debugging code in so you can see how I prove to myself that I've resolved issues
/* I added the NAMESPACE declaration to troubleshoot. 
* I understand this was only part of a larger 
* codeblock that may or may not have declared NAMESPACE
*/
var NAMESPACE;
if (NAMESPACE == null
        || typeof (NAMESPACE) == 'undefined') {
    NAMESPACE = {};

    var id = function (id) {
        var _all_ids = new Array();
        var persona = {};
        // local var declaration        
        var _id = id;
        /* because the id gets deleted from _all_ids on close() invocation, I imagine it should be added also.
        * but I have no clue to what end numbers are added or deleted from this array.
        */
        // added terminating semi-colon to end of function
        var getId = function () {
            return _id;
        };
        // assignment of function to returned object
        persona.getId = getId;
        // add the current _id to _all_ids
        _all_ids.push(getId());
        // local var declaration
        var _closed = false;
        // added terminating semi-colon to end of function
        var close = function () {
            delete _all_ids[getId()];
            // the line below references a prototypal property that doesn't seem to be in existence 
            // this._closed = true;
            // the output below should prove that this._closed is an improper reference
            console.log('according to the original code, this should be false, not undefined.', this._closed);
            // instead, I'll reference the local property created above
            _closed = true;
        };
        
        persona.close = close;
        
        return persona;
    };

    NAMESPACE['id'] = id;
}