Function Statement

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ECMA-262-3 in detail. Chapter 5. Functions.

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  1. Introduction
  2. Types of functions
    1. Function Declaration
    2. Function Expression
      1. Question “about surrounding parentheses”
      2. Implementations extension: Function Statement
      3. Feature of Named Function Expression (NFE)
      4. NFE and SpiderMonkey
      5. NFE and JScript
    3. Functions created via Function constructor
  3. Algorithm of function creation
  4. Conclusion
  5. Additional literature

Introduction

In this article we will talk about one of the general ECMAScript objects — about functions. In particular, we will go through various types of functions, will define how each type influences variables object of a context and what is contained in the scope chain of each function. Continue reading →