Error about using var

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In the same way, for the same purpose, we may use var but it has undesirable properties; e.g., its declarations are in the global scope and no error is raised using var x = ⋯ if x is already declared.

This is at the end of the Types section. First bullet point of three.

The part that says "its declarations are in the global scope" is incorrect.

Later, in the Scope and Statements section, you say...

let, const declare local bindings; var always makes global ones!

Which again is incorrect. You can try this...

function f() {
    var x = 1;
}
console.log(x); // => Uncaught ReferenceError: x is not defined

...and see that x is not defined in the global scope. It will be local to the f function.

The difference about var and let in what regards scope is:

  • var bindings reach either function scope or the global scope. let bindings can also be limited to block scope.
  • var declarations are hoisted to the start of the scope. let bindings are not (*)

(*) To be more precise they are but have a mechanism that prevents usage before declaration and will throw an error, while var won't.

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