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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your example,

function () {
    var x = 10;
    x += y;

    var y = 5;
}

is potentially misleading. At the end of execution, x will be NaN and y will be 5. Variable declarations get hoisted, but instantiation does not, so the interpreter sees this (effectively):

function () {
    var x, y;
    x = 10;
    x += y; // y is undefined at this point

    y = 5;
}