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Created April 8, 2010 15:21
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Comma-First Code Writing Is Bad
Test:
var foo = { bar : 'barberic'
, baz : 'bazterd'
, duck : 'punch'
};
JSLint Results:
Error:
Problem at line 1 character 19: Bad line breaking before ','.
var foo = { bar : 'barberic'
Problem at line 2 character 19: Bad line breaking before ','.
, baz : 'bazterd'
@tamzinblake
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Man, I didn't realize JSLint was broken. Thanks for pointing that out!

@rwaldron
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rwaldron commented Apr 8, 2010

Huh? JSLint is not broken - comma-first coding is broken.

@tamzinblake
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Woosh

@rwaldron
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rwaldron commented Apr 8, 2010

No... I got it. I'm just trying to take a stand against this idiotic practice. (though humor is always appreciated)

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isaacs commented Apr 8, 2010

If jslint encourages a coding practice that makes errors harder to spot, then it IS broken.

Thom's original comment was spot on.

@antimatter15
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Well, JSLint does spot the missing comma issue, I guess it wants to keep it's job.

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