let and file scope

[Allen Wirfs-Brock]

On Mar 2, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Rick Waldron wrote:

> Here is the consensus from the "revisit": https://github.com/rwaldron/tc39-notes/blob/master/es6/2012-09/sept-19.md#conclusionresolution-8
> Rick
> 
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:37 AM, Ryan Scheel <ryan.havvy at gmail.com> wrote:
> It creates a variable scoped to the source file.
> 
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does a top-level let in a file (not inside any function) create a global variable just like var or does it create a variable that is scoped to the source file?
> 

a bit of additional clarification:  It depends upon whether the file is a module or a script file.  If it is a module, then let-like declarations have file scope.  If it is a normal script, then let-like declarations are global scope (visible to multiple script files) but does not create a property on the global object.

Allen
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