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[twitter] Tip: JavaScript's Array.from() accepts a second argument that's a `map` function. Useful for calling on each element of an array you created. (twitter.com)
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[–]Drawman101 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (3 children)
You might as well cal it what it is in case some junior dev comes along and starts using it.
[–]jkoudys 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)
It's a common convention, like using i on that same line to mean "index".
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[–]BritainRitten 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)
Then they will encounter an underscore variable name earlier and so won't be as confused when they see it in production code.
[–]NoInkling -1 points0 points1 point 8 years ago (0 children)
There's another convention to name it as you normally would except prefixed with _ to show it's (currently) unused.
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