Is block style really this important?
- by Jack Roscoe
I just watched a video of Douglas Crockford's presentation about his 2009 book JavaScript: The Good Parts.
In the video, he explains that the following block is dangerous because it produces silent errors:
return
{
ok: false
};
And that it should actually be written like this (emphasising that although seemingly identical the behavioural difference is crucial):
return {
ok: false
};
You can see his comments around 32 minutes into the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVTIJBZook&feature=player_embedded#!&start=1920
I have not heard this before, and was wondering if this rule still applies or if this requirement in syntax has been overcome by JavaScript developments since this statement was made.
I found this very interesting as I have NOT been writing my code this way, and wanted to check that this information was not out of date.
