Subj : Re: js_GetArgument
To   : itaj sherman <myngs@hotmail.com>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Thu Jun 05 2003 11:10 am

itaj sherman wrote:

>then i'll go back to my first example because i think there is another
>incompatibility there (with ECMA and IE):
>
>function MyFunc( par )
>{
>    var a = par;
>    with( MyFunc ) {
>        var b = par;
>    }
>}
>
>in IE both a and b get the value the actual passed argument.
>with SpiderMonkey of mozilla 1.31, b will be undefined, because the lookup
>finds 'par' on MyFunc which is the first on the scope chain, and then
>getProperty is activated on MyFunc, using js_GetAegument().
>

You're right, that's a bug.  I don't know whether it's on file already; 
cc'ing Phil.

One lesson here: don't use with!  It is an abomination in my eyes.

/be

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