Hi! Like everybody else I'm very excited about your product and have been going over the code, mostly focusing on DWT at first. I've noticed a couple places where there's a JavaScript operator that I've not seen before. For example:
AjxEventMgr.js:
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59: if (retVal === false)
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AjxVector.js:
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34: if (compress !== true)
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Are those equivalent to "==" and "!=" respectively? If not, how are they different? If so, why use them instead of "==" and "!="?
Small question about JavaScript operators in DWT code
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Small question about JavaScript operators in DWT code
The === and !== are identity compares (ie check that things are identical without tye conversion) Some more detail below.
From: http://www.crockford.com/javascript/lint.html
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The == and != operators do type coercion before comparing. This is bad because it causes '' == 0 to be true. This can mask type errors.
When comparing to any of the following values, use the === or !== operators, which do not do type coercion.
0 '' undefined null false true
If you want the type coercion, then use the short form. Instead of
(foo != 0) just say
(foo) and instead of
(foo == 0) say
(!foo)
From: http://www.crockford.com/javascript/lint.html
>
The == and != operators do type coercion before comparing. This is bad because it causes '' == 0 to be true. This can mask type errors.
When comparing to any of the following values, use the === or !== operators, which do not do type coercion.
0 '' undefined null false true
If you want the type coercion, then use the short form. Instead of
(foo != 0) just say
(foo) and instead of
(foo == 0) say
(!foo)
Small question about JavaScript operators in DWT code
Check out crockford.com and see his jslint utility to get used to using this operator in your own code. It only took me a couple of times of running my files thru it and I learned the crockford way..