Re: Why is this a closure?

On 12.02.2012 14:10, Jake Jarvis wrote:
On 12.02.2012 13:07, Tom de Neef wrote:
When I run the code below through JSLint, the report says:
Global test
1 test()
Closure compare
...

I thought I had understood the concept of closure:
<snip>

From JSLint's manual

http://www.jslint.com/lint.html#report

| Report
|
| If JSLint is able to complete its scan, it generates a function
| report. It lists for each function:
| ...
| /Closure/: The variables and parameters that are declared in the
| function that are used by its inner functions.


Just to clarify, that is just what JSLint means with that word in the context of its report, it's not a definition for what the word 'closure' means outside of that particular context for most people.

For a non-JSLint-report-specific definition you could look at

http://www.jibbering.com/faq/notes/closures/#clDefN

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Jake Jarvis
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