Coffeescript — How to create a self-initiating anonymous function?

Question

How to write this in coffeescript?

f = (function(){
   // something
})();

Thanks for any tips :)

Answer 1

You can also combine the do keyword with default function parameters to seed recursive "self-initiating functions" with an initial value. Example:

do recursivelyPrint = (a=0) ->
  console.log a
  setTimeout (-> recursivelyPrint a + 1), 1000