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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
// Do not delete! Yes, it's not used anywhere in the code, but if it is removed
// the application crashes and the error code is useless for debugging.
let f = 'a';
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if ( "a" == "a" ) { // i swear i saw this somewhere }

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I once did const theNumber = 4 in a function (and then took a second, actually random, number and compared it to theNumber).

In the comment to the function I actually referenced https://xkcd.com/221/.