is this javascript property defaulting pattern a code smell? is the question at, um, question.
I'm not upset or offended by the closure; no ego involved here, and I got the feedback I needed before the question was closed anyway, but in the interests of being a good citizen I'd like to understand why folks considered this to be off-topic. Given the FAQ, this seems to be clearly in the realm of a design pattern question and thus on-topic.
I suppose it could be considered to be an implementation question (and thus more suited for Overflow) but when I asked it I was really asking about the pattern (as the question title indicates) not a specific implementation.