[jQuery] Why (function($){ ...})(jQuery) instead of (function(){var $ = jQuery; ...})()?
The (rather long) subject line says it all.
This idiom is widely used to avoid having to assume $ == jQuery and at
the same time avoiding writing jQuery all the time.
(function($){
...
})(jQuery)
I'm wondering if instead this would work.
(function(){
var $ = jQuery;
...
})()
The reason I ask is that I'd like to shorthand several things in this
way. The first method requires me to go down to the end of a (long)
function body to find out what, say '_' and 'C' really mean (private
and Constants, say), whereas the second method tells me up front.
I know enough JavaScript to think of this alternative approach, but
not enough to be sure that it will work in all relevant circumstances.
--
Jonathan