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Mention function declaration in 1.6.5 (global object)
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@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var gVar = 5;
alert(window.gVar); // 5 (became a property of the global object)
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The same effect have function declarations (statements with `function` keyword in the main code flow, not function expressions).
Please don't rely on that! This behavior exists for compatibility reasons. Modern scripts use [JavaScript modules](info:modules) where such thing doesn't happen.
If we used `let` instead, such thing wouldn't happen: