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<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="LAB.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _queue = ["script1.js",null], $L = $LAB;
</script>
...
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (something) { // script 2 going to be loaded
_queue.push("script2-a.js","script2-b.js",function(){
initScript1();
initScript2();
});
}
else { // script 2 not going to be loaded, so just init script-1
_queue.push(function(){
initScript1();
});
}
</script>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
if (somethingElse) {
_queue.push("script-3.js",function(){
initScript3();
});
}
</script>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
for (var i=0, len=_queue.length; i<len; i++) {
if (typeof _queue[i] == "string") { // script string source found
$L = $L.script(_queue[i]);
}
else if (!_queue[i]) { // null/false found
$L = $L.wait();
}
else if (typeof _queue[i] == "function") { // inline function found
$L = $L.wait(_queue[i]);
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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getify commented Jul 14, 2010

This gist shows how to conditionally build up the .script and .wait calls into an array, and simulate the chaining with a for-loop

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