Subj : Re: JS Shell: throw {}
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Sun Dec 26 2004 12:39 pm



Christian Biesinger wrote:


> I was playing around a bit with js shell... I noticed this:
> js> throw {}
> can't convert undefined to an integer
> 
> Is this the expected result? I was expecting something along the lines 
> of "uncaught exception: object", maybe even "uncaught exception: {}"
> 
> 
> A second issue:
> js> throw { toString: function() { return "foo" } }
> can't convert undefined to an integer

Seems like a bug to me, I get the same results with the xpcshell.exe 
coming with some Mozilla 1.8 nightly downloaded this month.
If I put that code into a script section in a HTML page that nightly 
even crashes on me.
I will download the latest nightly and see if that crashes too.

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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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