Invoking an anonymous JavaScript function is a handy technique for avoiding namespace collisions in JavaScript code. The following two code snippets show the definition of a top level function followed by the invocation of an anonymous function. One of them, however, has a (easily fixed) problem (at least on Firefox 3.0.8). Can you spot what it is? Try figuring it out without running the code - don't cheat! Put your answer in the comments.
Snippet one:
Snippet two:
Surprising behavior. I'd be interested to find out if different browsers / JavaScript engines treat these code snippets in the same way.
Hey, Javascript guru David Flanagan (http://www.davidflanagan.com/) visited my post and attempted to submit a comment twice but gave up because blogspot ate the comment. He basically said he spotted the problem right away but was surprised at how the problem manifested itself...
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