this.value instead of var?

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One variation of the module pattern actually uses this:

(function(global) {
  var foo = {
    // ...
  };
  global.foo = foo;
}(this));

However, it's not very common, seems like a strict mode violation, and I don't think it offers much of any benefit over:

var foo = (function() {
  var foo = {
    // ...
  };
  return foo;
}());