changeset 209:f7362edfc7ce

generated answers
author Radomir Dopieralski <radomir.dopieralski@allegro.pl>
date Thu, 17 May 2012 11:47:53 +0200
parents b1f5aa2daf53
children 622b8eec7dd6
files generated/gotcha-answers.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/generated/gotcha-answers.txt	Thu May 17 11:47:26 2012 +0200
+++ b/generated/gotcha-answers.txt	Thu May 17 11:47:53 2012 +0200
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
          ...
       }
 
-   Ordinary equality (==) can be surprising and so use **===** instead:
+   Ordinary equality (``==``) can be surprising and so use ``===`` instead:
    
    .. code-block:: javascript
    
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       '' == '0'                    // False.  Not transitive!
       undefined == null            // True
    
-   I don't know of any situations where == is preferred.  To compare two
+   I don't know of any situations where ``==`` is preferred.  To compare two
    values after conversion to string (respectively number) make it
    explicit by writing respectively:
    
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       y = a + (b + c)
       x == y                          // True or False?  When?
 
-   In  **str + num** the *num* is silently converted to a string.
+   In  **string + number** the *number* is silently converted to a string.
    
    .. code-block:: javascript
    
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       15
    
     
-   In  **num + str** the *num* is again silently converted to a string.
+   In  **number + string** the *number* is again silently converted to a string.
    
    .. code-block:: javascript
    
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         [7, 8, 9]
       ]
 
-   In Python you'd get an TypeError from this code, as in:
+   In Python you'd get an ``TypeError`` from this code, as in:
    
    .. code-block:: python
    
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
       tmp = x.slice;                   // What happens here?
       b = tmp(1, 3);                   // What happens here?
 
-   Python uses bound methods and so in Python *a.b* is a first class
+   Python uses bound methods and so in Python ``a.b`` is a first class
    object.
    
    .. code-block:: python
@@ -233,14 +233,14 @@
           total = a + b
           return total / 2.0
    
-   works because in Python *total* is recognised as being local to the
-   function *average*.
+   works because in Python ``total`` is recognised as being local to the
+   function ``average``.
    
    In JavaScript variables are global unless explicitly declared as
    local.
    
    The sample code has a interesting side effect.  It assigns to the
-   global variable *total*.
+   global variable ``total``.
    
    .. code-block:: python
    
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
       }
 
    This code, when run, gives all items the same number (namely number of
-   items less one).  This is because only one value of *i* is captured.
+   items less one).  This is because only one value of ``i`` is captured.
    (It is not because all items are getting the same onclick function.
    They are getting different functions, but with identical behaviour.)
    
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
       };
    
    When we do this, each onclick function captures its own copy of the
-   argument *i* to *alert_n*.  (Closure capture function parameters in
+   argument ``i`` to ``alert_n``.  (Closure capture function parameters in
    the same way as it captures function variables.)
 
    :ref:`Question <missing-closure-gotcha>`.
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
       js> fn(...)                     // Logging to go to console.
       Name = Charles
 
-   The code above (provided the global object does not have a *name*
+   The code above (provided the global object does not have a ``name``
    attribute) produces:
    
    .. code-block:: javascript
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
       js> fn(...)                     // Logging to go to console.
       Name = undefined
    
-   When a JavaScript function executes, what *this* refers to depends on
+   When a JavaScript function executes, what ``this`` refers to depends on
    the calling context.  In particular, in 
    
    .. code-block:: javascript
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
              return this.attribute;
           }
    
-   the two occurences of *this* usually refer to completely different
+   the two occurences of ``this`` usually refer to completely different
    objects.  To fix instead write:
    
    .. code-block:: javascript
@@ -354,12 +354,12 @@
              return that.attribute;
           }
    
-   This works because *that* does not have the special role *this* has.
-   In the returned function, *that* refers to the same object as *that*
-   does in main part of *fn2*, which in turn refers to the same object as
-   the *this* object in the body.
+   This works because ``that`` does not have the special role ``this`` has.
+   In the returned function, ``that`` refers to the same object as ``that``
+   does in main part of ``fn2``, which in turn refers to the same object as
+   the ``this`` object in the body.
    
-   It is customary to write **that = that** to achieve this effect.
+   It is customary to write ``that=that`` to achieve this effect.
    (Following the custom means no further explanation is required.)
 
    :ref:`Question <missing-that-gotcha>`.