Subj : Re: Another JS question
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Sterling Bates
Date : Wed May 05 2004 01:42 am


"Brendan Eich" <brendan@meer.net> wrote in message
news:409882B9.1060103@meer.net...
> Sterling Bates wrote:
> > 1. If v is null or undefined, JS_ValueToObject assigns NULL to *objp and
> > returns JS_TRUE. This is a known departure from the ECMA 262-3
> > specification, which was written after SpiderMonkey.
>
> Can't depart ahead of the birth of the spec from which the API departed,
> so I would say "known difference".

OK, how about this:

"If v is null or undefined, JS_ValueToObject assigns NULL to *objp and
returns JS_TRUE. This is a known difference between SpiderMonkey and the
ECMA 262-3 specification. However, since this API predates the ECMA spec,
the process is maintained for compatibility purposes."

Sterling

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