Subj : Re: using  js_HashString in a getter callback
To   : Brann Joly
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon May 24 2004 11:52 am

Brann Joly wrote:

> For methods, i'm storing the private data this way :
>      JSFunction* func = JS_DefineFunction(cx, i->second.first, _decl.name,
> jslangage::generic_wrapper, n, 0);
>  JS_SetPrivate(cx, JS_GetFunctionObject(func), &_decl);

Don't you mean JS_SetReservedSlot, not JS_SetPrivate, here?

> second, i may have different objects with the same property name. in this
> case, are both id (i mean the id parameter getting passed to the getter
> callback) equals, or are them different, but still returning the same string
> when you call JS_ValueToString(id).

The engine internalizes ids as atoms, ensuring uniqueness.  So a get or 
set of "foo" will result in the same jsval id being passed every time, 
no matter how "foo" was computed by the caller.

/be

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