Javascript “Uncaught TypeError: object is not a function” associativity question

Question

Code is as follows:

    hello




        

Answer 1

Your code experiences a case where the Automatic Semicolon Insertion (ASI) process doesn't happen.

You should never rely on ASI. You should use semicolons to properly separate statements:

var postTypes = new Array('hello', 'there'); // <--- Place a semicolon here!!

(function() { alert('hello there') })();

Your code was actually trying to invoke the array object.