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https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/scope%20&%20closures/ch4.md | |
"When you see var a = 2;, you probably think of that as one statement. | |
But JavaScript actually thinks of it as two statements: var a; and a = 2;. | |
The first statement, the declaration, is processed during the compilation phase. | |
The second statement, the assignment, is left in place for the execution phase." | |
- declaration comes before the assignment | |
- function declarations are hoisted, but function expression are not | |
ex. | |
foo(); // TypeError | |
bar(); // ReferenceError | |
var foo = function bar() { | |
... | |
}; | |
1. foo // TypeError: undefined is not a function | |
because var 'foo' is declared, and by default it is assigned to 'undefined'. It has not been assigned to be a function yet | |
2. bar //ReferenceError: bar is not defined | |
because the statement var foo = function bar() declares a variable 'foo', | |
but the assignment of function bar() {...} has not yet been executed, therefore, function bar() is | |
undefined | |
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