Question

Why would I do this:

var myfunc = function() { /* code */ };

...

myfunc();

instead of this:

function myfunc() { /* code */ }

...

myfunc();

Are there any benefits of using one over the other? I have seen both examples used in different places.

Answer 1

The only difference as far as I can tell is that the anonymous function cannot call itself recursively while the named function can. There is a third type of construct that combines both of these, i.e. you can have a named function expression:

var myfunc = function myfunc() { /* code */ };