From a51063c13c602fe136302466fbe3e52c79d23b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Dahl Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:34:22 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add note about global scope --- doc/api/globals.markdown | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/api/globals.markdown b/doc/api/globals.markdown index db1850a420b..c671ed8046f 100644 --- a/doc/api/globals.markdown +++ b/doc/api/globals.markdown @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ These object are available in the global scope and can be accessed from anywhere The global namespace object. +In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. That means that in +browsers if you're in the global scope `var something` will define a global +variable. In Node this is different. The top-level scope is not the global +scope; `var something` inside a Node module will be local to that module. + ### process The process object. See the `'process object'` section.