Chapter 3, Starting Out with Functions – a Core Concept

3.1. Uninitialized object? The key is that we didn't wrap the returned object in parentheses, so JavaScript thinks the braces enclose the code to be executed. In this case, type is considered to be labeling a statement, which doesn't really do anything: it's an expression (t) that isn't used. Due to this, the code is considered valid, and since it doesn't have an explicit return statement, the implicit returned value is undefined. See The rest of the chapter is locked