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		tinyhitman 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spherical Snake Could be to allow use of local variables that do not leak into the scope this code is executed in. That's what I use this pattern for.

crdrost 3 months ago [–]

pro tip: no longer necessary

    { let count = 50; const interval = setInterval(() => { addSnakeNode(); if (--count <= 0) clearInterval(interval); }, 100) }

londons_explore 3 months ago | [–]

And polluting the global variable namespace hardly matters when using the console.

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