Subj : Re: Rhino: !(java.lang.Boolean.FALSE) != !false
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Attila Szegedi
Date : Fri Oct 29 2004 01:32 pm



On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:14:16 +0200, Igor Bukanov <igor@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>>  Now, I understand that this slightly unintuitive result is due to the  
>> fact  that the expresisons gets evaluated (if I interpreted correctly)
>> according to the point 19 of "The Abstract Equality Comparison  
>> Algorithm"  (ECMA-262 section 11.9.3).
>
> The section 19:
>
> 19. If Type(y) is Boolean, return the result of the comparison
> x == ToNumber(y).
>
> Now Rhino does not define any special conversion from java.lang.Boolean  
>   to JS number so to fix this you can file an enhancement report at  
> bugzilla.mozilla.org.
>

No need to - further investigation showed that

cx.getWrapFactory().setJavaPrimitiveWrap(true)

solves it nicely.

Attila.

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