Subj : Re: JS Shell: throw {}
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Sun Dec 26 2004 02:31 pm

Jens Thiele wrote:
> Christian Biesinger schrieb:
> 
>>Hi,
>>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
> 
> 
> both work as expected with (debian package of) 1.5rc6a
> 
> js> throw {}
> uncaught exception: [object Object]
> js> throw { toString: function() { return "foo" } }
> uncaught exception: foo
> js>
> 


The trunk has regressed due to my attempts to fix 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243869.  That bug is 
proving a pain to fix, and in fact it conflicts with the desired 
solution expressed in the initial comment of 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119719.

I've opened https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276061 to track 
the regression.

Thanks for reporting this, Christian!

/be

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