why is it bad to declare functions in code blocks i.e if..else statements

Asked Oct 08 '17 at 00:16

Active Oct 08 '17 at 00:21

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foo(); // "b"

var a = true;

if (a) {
    function foo() { console.log( "a" ); }
} else {
    function foo() { console.log( "b" ); }
}

edited Oct 08 '17 at 00:21

Gerardo Furtado

asked Oct 08 '17 at 00:16

This might give you a good reason -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10069204/function-declarations-inside-if-else-statements – Keith Oct 08 '17 at 00:21
Better explanation: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26768233/6586663 – Luka Čelebić Oct 08 '17 at 00:22

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