Subj : Re: spidermonkey CGI
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Mon Jun 09 2003 11:43 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:

> But it would be better to add a built-in "environment" object to js.c 
> by which arbitrary envariables could be reflected into JS.  Then you 
> could say "const QUERY_STRING = environment.QUERY_STRING;" and go to 
> town.  Something like the attached patch.  Let me know how it works 
> for you.  The second attachment is a diff -pwu, just for easy 
> reviewing -- don't apply it.  Do apply the first attachment using 
> patch to an up-to-date js.c.


I improved the patch further, made a similar one for xpcshell, and 
attached them both to bug 208879 
(http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208879).

/be

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