Wordpress Theme Creation With Underscores

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I noticed something odd in this course. Kezz (the instructor) adds extra sidebars through a custom_functions.php but she does not wrap it in a function or add that function with add_action as it is shown in the WP Codes here:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar

Codex Example:

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'theme_slug_widgets_init' );
function theme_slug_widgets_init() {
    register_sidebar( array(
        'name' => __( 'Main Sidebar', 'theme-slug' ),
        'id' => 'sidebar-1',
        'description' => __( 'Widgets in this area will be shown on all posts and pages.', 'theme-slug' ),
        'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
	'after_widget'  => '</li>',
	'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
	'after_title'   => '</h2>',
    ) );
}`

Kezz’s example is basically just:

register_sidebar( array(
        'name' => __( 'Main Sidebar', 'theme-slug' ),
        'id' => 'sidebar-1',
        'description' => __( 'Widgets in this area will be shown on all posts and pages.', 'theme-slug' ),
        'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
	'after_widget'  => '</li>',
	'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
	'after_title'   => '</h2>',
    ) );

And yet the code works. I don’t know why it works, but I know it’s not best practices. Can you explain why she did it this way when it can lead to unexpected results? Is it an oversight or am I wrong? I don’t think I’m wrong because I’ve asked around about it.

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Example 1 is the correct method

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See this https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar

First method is correct.

@tommursrhodus +1

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Thanks, guys. So, it seems like the tutorial needs an update or a correction in the sidebar or something.