Plugin Pattern #1

HTML:
 
<dl class="tabbedDL" data-settings='{ "sup": "dudes" }'>
	<dt>Term</dt>
	<dd>Description</dd>
	<dt>Term</dt>
	<dd>Description</dd>
</dl>
 
JS:
 
;(function($, window) {
 
    var document = window.document,
    	_config = {
    		debugMode: true
    	};
 
    console.note = function(o) {
 
    	if (_config.debugMode) {
    		console.log(o);
    	}
 
    	if (_config.debugMode && (typeof(console === "undefined") || typeof(console.log == "undefined"))) {
    		// var console; variable hoist'd; woops
    		console.log = function() {};
    	}
    };
 
    $.tabbedDL = function(c, _params) {
 
        var $self = $(c),
 
        	// internal defaults (test defaults);
        	_defaults = { 
        		whatever: 1
   			},
 
   			// internal settings
   			_settings = (function(_params) { 
   							console.note('Set by argument parameters (init)');
   							_params['settingsType'] = 'P';
   							return _params;
   						})(_params) 
   						|| (function(_defaults) { 
   							//console.note('Set by plugin defaults (init)');
   							_defaults['settingsType'] = 'D';
   							return _defaults;
   						})(_defaults);
 
   		if (typeof($self.attr("data-settings")) === 'undefined' 
   			|| (typeof($self.attr("data-settings")) === 'string' 
   				&& String($self.attr("data-settings")) === '' )) {
 
   			$self.data("data-settings", _settings);
 
   		}
 
        return $self.each(function(index, e) {
 
            var $self = $(this),
 
            	// new pattern?
            	_settings = ($self.data("data-settings")) 
            				? $self.data("data-settings") 
            				: (function() {
            					//console.note("Set by element meta-data (override)");
            					var em = $.parseJSON($self.attr("data-settings"));
            					em['settingsType'] = 'E';
            					return em;
            				}());
 
            //console.note(_settings);
            //console.log(typeof(_settings));
 
       	});
 
    };
 
})(jQuery, window);
 
$.tabbedDL("dl.tabbedDL", { monkey: 2 });
 
$(function() {
    //console.log('ee');
});