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		earthboundkid on Dec 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Modern JavaScript Tutorial `bytes` is the name of a stdlib package. `string` is the name of a built in type. `template` is technically available, but only because it’s the name of this package, so it can’t refer to itself.

speedgoose on Dec 8, 2020 [–]

True, but they are all available. The stdlib bytes packages is not loaded, and it's valid to use `string` as a variable name, I just tried.

But even if these names were not available, I don't think using `tpl` or `t` or `b` is what should be preferred.

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