Better way to call javascript function in a tag

Question

Which of the following ways is a better way to call a js function from an a tag?

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Answer 1

Some advantages to the second option:

1. You can use this inside onclick to reference the anchor itself (doing the same in option 1 will give you window instead).

2. You can set the href to a non-JS compatible URL to support older browsers (or those that have JS disabled); browsers that support JavaScript will execute the function instead (to stay on the page you have to use onclick="return someFunction();" and return false from inside the function or onclick="return someFunction(); return false;" to prevent default action).

3. I've seen weird stuff happen when using href="javascript:someFunction()" and the function returns a value; the whole page would get replaced by just that value.

Pitfalls

Inline code:

1. Runs in document scope as opposed to code defined inside