Subj : Re: "x = " vs. "var x = "
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?=
Date : Sat Oct 09 2004 03:50 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:
> Note the difference between no eval result and undefined eval result:
> 
>   eval("42; var x=43; 44") => 44
> 
> while
> 
>   eval("42; var x=43") => 42.

and

eval("42; void(x=43);") => void, i.e. undefined

void(x=43) is an expression representing a value which is undefined and 
therefore this causes the result of eval to be exactly that.
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