Subj : Re: syntax check
To   : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?=
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Sat Jan 22 2005 04:32 pm

Georg Maaß wrote:
> Brendan Eich wrote:
> 
>> Script is a bad idea, given eval (which must be treated as a special 
>> form, a reserved identifier).  
>> Don't count on it being in future versions of any Mozilla engines.
>>
>> /be
> 
> 
> Which one? Script or eval?


The referent for "it" was unambiguous in my second sentence above.


> I guess the you mean the no where documented 
> Script is deprecated. Is Script completely identical to eval, or are 
> there any differences, which might be useful for the experts?


Well, there's the bug we're discussing (Script compiled and executed in 
a function does not declare variables in the function's activation).

You'll have to study and test more if you care; I don't think this is 
really worth much time.

/be

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