use strict + var



examples/js/var_strict.js
"use strict";

var colour = "green";
console.log(colour);  // green
paint_house();
console.log(colour);  // green

// There are lots of lines of code here.
// So many lines that the next part is on another page:

function paint_house() {
    color = "blue";
}

examples/js/var_strict.txt
green
.../examples/intro/var_strict.js:12
    color = "blue";
          ^
ReferenceError: color is not defined
    at paint_house (.../examples/intro/var_strict.js:12:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../examples/intro/var_strict.js:5:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:501:10)
    at startup (node.js:129:16)
    at node.js:814:3
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