avoid-with.md

Avoid the with keyword

Avoid the with keyword for the sake of sanity while debugging. While it is tempting to use from time to time, use var instead.

• http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/04/11/with-statement-considered-harmful/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5024524/is-the-with-keyword-that-bad-in-javascript

JavaScript

Right:

var foo = watch.this;
foo.trick = false;

Wrong:

watch.this.trick = true;
with (watch) {
  this.trick = false;
}