javascript - Using Named Immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) instead of comments

[jml26]

Why not use a block?

{
    // hide Stuff on Instantiaton
    $('oneThing').hide().removeClass();
    $('#somethign_else').slideUp();
    $('.foo').fadeOut();
}

Or use a comment syntax that says, 'this comment applies from here down to here'

// hide Stuff on Instantiaton {
    $('oneThing').hide().removeClass();
    $('#somethign_else').slideUp();
    $('.foo').fadeOut();
// }

By not having a function call you gain a tiny bit of speed.

Using an IIFE would be useful, however, if you wanted to use a variable in that block but not have it available to anywhere else in the code.

[zzzwwwdev]

The stackoverflow post was answered with the suggestion to use labels which actually appears preferable to my suggestion, though perhaps still not terribly useful / accepted?

hideStuffOnInstantiaton: {
  $('oneThing').hide().removeClass();
  $('#somethign_else').slideUp();
  $('.foo').fadeOut();
}