Subj : Re: API.File method execution problem using spidermonkey
To   : Matthew Mondor
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Tue Feb 01 2005 02:10 pm

Matthew Mondor wrote:

> The API.File constructor can be used properly to create a new File
> object, and the new objects properties are working fine.  However, the
> object's methods refuse to work (currently a simple test() method
> requireing no arguments).  Whenever an attempt is made to call that
> method, the script execution is immediately interrupted, without an
> exception being catchable by the script.


That means your code is returning false somewhere without first 
reporting an error or setting a pending exception.


> I used jsfile.c as an example a bit to try to see what could be wrong,


Don't use jsfile.c as an example of anything.  We're contemplating cvs 
removing it.  It's not well-written from a number of angles.  You may 
have copied a bug from it, at least a bug that bites your mutation of 
its code.

/be

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