Subj : Re: [spidermonkey] How to return null in constructor
To   : Matthew Mondor
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Fri Aug 05 2005 10:06 am

Matthew Mondor wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 12:53:47 +0900
> "Keiji SAKAKI" <keg@nifty.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I would like to knonw How to return null in constructor.
> 
> 
> Possibly try   *rval = OBJECT_TO_JSVAL(NULL);


That's the same as *rval = JSVAL_NULL.


> Alternatively, you can make the constructor throw an exception
> on error.


That's more like it.  A constructor is not meant to return a primitive 
type value such as null.  If it's going to fail, it should throw.

/be

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