Subj : Re: syntax check
To   : bubbfree
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon Jan 10 2005 02:34 pm

bubbfree@gmail.com wrote:
> Shouldn't this error out in the JS engine?
> if (15 < 5 (7 != 3)) {
> ...
> } 
> thnx


And so it does:

js> if (15 < 5 (7 != 3));
typein:1: TypeError: number is not a function

But notice that the error, as allowed by ECMA-262 Edition 3, is reported 
at run-time:

js> s = Script('if (15 < 5 (7 != 3));');
if (15 < 5(7 != 3)) {
}

js> s()
typein:2: TypeError: number is not a function

What JS engine are you using, btw?  Is there a reason you want this 
error to be caught only at compile time?

/be

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