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Hoisting Can Be Dangerous |
Hoisting is often convenient in JavaScript. It allows us to call functions before they’re defined:
{% highlight js%} sayHi() function sayHi(){ console.log('oh hey') } {% endhighlight %}
If you define a function inside of a conditional, you run the risk of having a function being overwritten via hoisting:
{% highlight js %} if(true){ function truthy(){ document.write("true is true!") } } else{ function truthy(){ document.write("true is false!") } } truthy(); // will always log "true is false!" {% endhighlight %}