In computer programming, the scope of an identifier is the part of a computer program where the identifier, a name that refers to some entity in the program, can be used to find the referred entity.
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Handling signals in Python inside a function
I have code that needs to exit gracefully. To simplify things, I am presenting an example based on the answer given here.
Since I need to handle a few signals, I thought of putting this logic in a ...
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Initializing variable outside loop [closed]
Is this good practice?
int a;
while(true) {
a = foo();
// a is only used in this loop not outside of it
// some more code ...
}
Or should the variable ...
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For loop in javascript [closed]
Whether it is Java, C#, C++ syntax for the for loop looks like that:
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
// something
}
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Communicating between plugins whilst maintaining context in Javascript
I'm making some changes to a JavaScript plugin on a site I've been made steward over. This main plugin has it's own sub-plugins and I'm trying to make certain aspects modular.
Currently, I'm ...
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Conway's Game of Life - Conventional Javascript?
I'm using the Game of Life Kata to help me learn Javascript. I've picked up the syntax through Codecademy tutorials, but my current skill level is Novice.
The example code has working functionality ...
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Advice needed for scopes in JavaScript
I would like to connect this "JS" to Bugzilla (example: bugzilla.mozilla.org or landfill.bugzilla.org).
I started to learn JS language today and I would like to ask you:
How can I not do bad ...
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Is this JavaScript/jQuery methodology good?
I am seeking critique on what has become my normal methodology of writing JavaScript code. I have become heavily reliant on the jQuery library, but I think this has helped me learn the native language ...
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Rails chained scopes to build form filters
So I have a form in rails to filter the results. It is working right now but I find it ugly and I'm pretty sure there are better ways to do it.
Here is what it looks like in my model, view and ...
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using C scope syntax for code organization purposes [closed]
Would you ever use curly braces for making your code more organized and readable? for instance I could have:
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iOS/Objective-C “if” best practice
I've got this code that I found in a project and I'm wondering how can it be done better:
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PHP Class Inheritance / Object Instantiation / Object / Property Scope w/ Child / Parent Classes & Dependency Container Class
In PHP, I have a parent/child class and am using dependency container to load them. I am trying to use the same database connection on all of them without duplicating the object.
CLARIFICATION: MY ...
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Is declaring a property as `public` insecure?
I posted a question few weeks back, on making a PHP Login Script. Most of you guys told me not to use global variables and especially for something like MySQLi ...
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Better way to avoid trapping vars in a closure's scope?
I have a quandary with regard to exactly how the JavaScript scope chain works in a particular situation, and despite my searching and reading I am still mainly working on assumptions. I was wondering ...
