Subj : Re: associating an object with a Function object
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brian Genisio <BrianGenisio@yahoo.com>
Date : Mon Mar 08 2004 07:39 am

Brendan Eich wrote:
 > Brian Genisio wrote:
 >
 >> The function object storing mechanism used is used on the CNN web page.
 >
 >
 >
 > Can you point me to the .js file?  Mozilla loads CNN without complaint,
 > and when AOL was funding a lot of Mozilla development, making CNN work
 > right was a priority.

Sure... it is included at the top of www.cnn.com:
http://ar.atwola.com/file/adsWrapper.js

Note that it only does this, in IE for win32, which is why Netscape gives no
errors.  (I never claimed Netscape to fail, or do anything wrong...  I 
simply
need to support the capability, while using spidermonkey if possible)

 >
 >>  A poster in comp.lang.javascript claims that it is a speed
 >> enhancement... though I cannot immagine it is worth the portability 
loss.
 >
 > Did that poster actually measure a speed enhancement?

Nah... in fact, since my last post, someone posted an example that 
tested the
speed theory, and found it was actually 3 times slower to use that method!!!

Cheers,
Brian

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