Javascript Hoisting in Chrome And Firefox

Question

Running this in Chrome and Firefox gives different answers:

(function() {

        if(true) {
            function f() { alert(\"yes\"); };
        } else {
         


        

Answer 1

From V8 (Chrome JavaScript engine) bug tracker:

Not a bug. Firefox is the only browser that does what you're expecting.

The behavior of Safari and IE on this is the same as Chrome's/V8's.