Explicit scope in JavaScript

explicit_scope.md

Explicit Scope in JavaScript

Wouldn't it be cool if JavaScript had explicit scope?

Every function would have an extra scope variable that represents the scope of that function.

Example

function update_scope(s) {
  s.name = "Bob"
}
function do_something() {
  update_scope(scope)
  alert(name) // alerts "Bob"
}

The same thing can be done with an extra variable

function update_scope(s) {
  s.name = "Bob" // alerts "Bob" 
}
function do_something() {
  var scope = {}
  update_scope(scope)
  alert(scope.name) // alerts "Bob"
}

But explicit scope is makes the syntax nicer.