Question

render: function render(context, partials) {
  return this.r(context, partials);
},

Given this code from Twitter’s new hogan.js library to demonstrate the issue; what is the goal of naming the function twice?

Answer 1

If it wanted to, the function render would be able to call itself via render(), however, render() is not accessible anywhere else.

Additionally, in a stack trace, you’d see render as the function name, rather than anonymous function.