function foo(opt_win) {
 var win;
 if (opt_win) {
  win = opt_win;
 } else {
  win = window;
 }
 // ...
}

function foo(opt_win) {
 var win = opt_win || window;
 // ...
}

if (node) {
 if (node.kids) {
  if (node.kids[index]) {
   foo(node.kids[index]);
  }
 }
}

if (node && node.kids && node.kids[index]) {
 foo(node.kids[index]);
}

var kid = node && node.kids && node.kids[index];
if (kid) {
 foo(kid);
}

function listHtml(items) {
 var html = '';
 for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
 if(i > 0) { html += ', ';
 }
 html += itemHtml(items[i]);
 }
 html +='';
 return html;
}

function listHtml(items) {
 var html = [];
 for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
  html[i] = itemHtml(items[i]);
 }
 return '' + html.join(', ') + '';
}

var paragraphs = document.getElementsByTagName_r('p');
for (var i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; i++) {
 doSomething(paragraphs[i]);
}

var paragraphs = document.getElementsByTagName_r('p');
for (var i = 0, paragraph; paragraph = paragraphs[i]; i++) {
 doSomething(paragraph);
}

var parentNode = document.getElementByIdx_x('foo');
for (var child = parentNode.firstChild; child; child = child.nextSibling) {
 doSomething(child);
}