I actually wonder how useful block scoping really is.
I think most problems that people have with var can be solve by being explicit when declaring the variable and using unique names.
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If you have the same variable name in your nested blocks, then likely you are also fudging up the readability, a lot, in my experience.
Which is usually where other problems start...
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I actually wonder how useful block scoping really is.
I think most problems that people have with
varcan be solve by being explicit when declaring the variable and using unique names.This ^
If you have the same variable name in your nested blocks, then likely you are also fudging up the readability, a lot, in my experience.
Which is usually where other problems start...