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		draperp on Oct 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Node.js: Some quick optimization advice Every JS dependency injection framework that I've ever seen uses it.

untog on Oct 13, 2015 | [–]

Serious question: why use a dependency injection framework with JS?

STRML on Oct 12, 2015 | [–]

Yes, and that's widely been regarded as a mistake.

Now that we have ES6 imports and wide CommonJS support I don't see any good reason to use hacky DI with Function#toString.

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