Subj : Re: TypeError: redeclaration of const
To   : echicken
From : Mortifis
Date : Mon Aug 19 2019 12:34 pm

  
 > The Synchronet webserver reuses the same JS context across multiple requests
 > from the same client.  It can take a few minutes for the client's session to
 > expire and a new context to be created.  So basically you may end up reusing
 > the same global scope across multiple executions of a script.

 > So using 'const' at the *top level* of an XJS/SSJS script is inadvisable.
 > Use 'var' instead.

 > It's okay to use 'const' inside of functions.

 > It's probably also okay to wrap your entire script in an IIFE so that you
 > get a fresh scope for each request.  However, this context reuse was done
 > for performance reasons, so you'd be sacrificing any performance gain by
 > doing that.

 > (function () {
 >   // This is an IIFE
 >   // It's an Immediately Invoked Function Expression
 > })();


Excellent, thank you!


My doctor said I have the body of a 25 year old ... and the mind of a 10 :-/

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