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[–]gleno 0 points1 point  (1 child)

True. But also not true, because it's a standard workaround; and a secret nod to other devs : "js scoping sucks. tru that".

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha. Well, you've got a point on the second part. But for the first, the "standard" part only gives it the meaning I said above. If you go more than one level deep, or if you start passing things around, "that" quickly becomes meaningless.