Subj : Re: why does it not print Hello twice?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Sterling Bates <whoelse@sterlingbates.com>
Date : Thu Apr 15 2004 01:18 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:
> Brendan Eich wrote:
> 
>> Cloned function objects all share a reference in the original, 
>> compiler-created function object's JSFunction private.  This is 
>> necessary to give each clone a separate parent slot (ECMA-262 Edition 
>> 3 calls this the [[Scope]] internal property).
> 
> 
> 
> See in particular http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/E262-3.pdf, section 
> 13.1.2 "Joined Objects", especially the NOTE.  All of section 13 is 
> worth reading, keeping an eye out for [[Scope]].

Section 13, under "The production FunctionExpression", item #2 should 
probably read "Return Result(1)" otherwise it looks like a stack 
overflow waiting to happen :)

Sterling

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