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setec
setec

Reputation: 16090

Is it valid js syntax?

View = Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function() {
        el: $('body');
        this.template          = "<div></div>";
        this.model             = new Model;
        this.render();
    }
)

I've found this code in one project, and was puzzled by el: $('body'); inside of the initialize code.

At first i thought it's just typo, and it had to be 

View = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: $('body'),
    initialize: function() {
        this.template          = "<div></div>";
        this.model             = new Model;
        this.render();
    }
)

But then i've found it in a few another files.

Is it some kind of 'hacky' way to set el or just nonsense?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 68

Answers (1)

Bergi
Bergi

Reputation: 664217

It is valid syntax, but does for sure not do what you might expect. Here, it's just nonsense.

Upvotes: 1

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