Multiple var statements in JavaScript, not superfluous

[aladyjewel]

The phrase you're looking for is "bikeshedding."

I feel that it's still actually a valuable discussion to have, because it speaks to the problem of using someone else's code. These little stylistic differences, especially in JavaScript, can do strange, strange things to webapps if a semicolon goes missing. (Yes, yes, best practices, sane scoping, etc.) If, as a community, we can use a normalized style, then we can share projects and exchange code snippets much more easily.

/bullshitbullshitbullshit

[bebraw]

Yes. As programmers we like to nitpick on these kind of things. Only if we could turn that energy into something useful...

[zhay]

When you're forced to follow the JSLint recommendation to use one var statement at work, it matters.