Can I name a JavaScript function and execute it immediately?

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There’s nothing wrong with the example you posted in your question.. The other way of doing it may look odd, but:

var addEventsAndStuff;
(addEventsAndStuff = function(){
    // add events, and ... stuff
})();

There are two ways to define a function in JavaScript. A function declaration:

function foo(){ ... }

and a function expression, which is any way of defining a function other than the above:

var foo = function(){};
(function(){})();
var foo = {bar : function(){}};

…etc

function expressions can be named, but their name is not propagated to the containing scope. Meaning this code is valid:

(function foo(){
   foo(); // recursion for some reason
}());

but this isn’t:

(function foo(){
    ...
}());
foo(); // foo does not exist

So in order to name your function and immediately call it, you need to define a local variable, assign your function to it as an expression, then call it.

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