The answer
Always an expression. Arrow functions are always assigned to a variable. They are hoisted as variables, not as functions, and they do not have their own this or arguments.
Function Statement vs Function Expression in JavaScript
Is an arrow function a declaration or an expression in JavaScript?
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A function statement (declaration) is hoisted with its full body, so it can be called before the line. A function expression is assigned to a variable, which is hoisted (undefined with var, TDZ with let/const) but the function body is only assigned at the line.
No. With var, calling it early throws TypeError because the variable is undefined. With let or const, it throws ReferenceError because the variable is in the Temporal Dead Zone.
Because function declarations are hoisted with their entire body during the memory allocation phase. The engine stores the full function in memory before any code runs, so calling it before the line works.
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