Subj : Re: Binding a global object (again)
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : jjl@pobox.com (John J. Lee)
Date : Fri Sep 05 2003 09:17 pm

Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net> writes:

> John J Lee wrote:
[...]
> Unqualified references (name, not window.name) do not call
> JSClass.getProperty for each object on the scope chain.  If you
> haven't predefined name, you will get that ReferenceError.  If you
> want to define name lazily, you need a non-stub JSClass.resolve hook.
[...]

Forgot to say 'thanks', so -- thanks.  I looked at resolve before, but
couldn't bring myself to believe that actually defining properties was
the right way to do it.  Everything now seems to be working fine.


John

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