Subj : outer visibility of nested functions
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?= <georg@bioshop.de>
Date : Sat Jan 10 2004 04:54 pm

js> function A()
{
	function B()
	{
		print(this.name);
	}
	B.name = 'B';
}
js> A.name='A';
A
js> this.name='global';
global
js> A.B();
A
js>


Why is B a property of A? Shouldn't there be a private scope of A 
containing B?

The expected behaviour of "A.B();" is:

js> A.B();
11: TypeError: A.B is not a function

But what I get is:

js> A.B();
A


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