Subj : Re: Method added into Object.prototype: can't call directly inside
To   : Lev Serebryakov
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 12:06 pm

Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> This code works in JavaScript shell & JavaScript environment (provided
> by Extension Developer Extension), but doesn't work in script, loaded
> into XUL file (XUL file is in "chrome://" space) with "XXX.aha is not a
> function" error:
> 
> Object.prototype.aha = function() { window.dump("aha\n"); }
> function XXX() {};
> XXX.aha();
> 
> This works everywhere:
> 
> Object.prototype.aha = function() { window.dump("aha\n"); }
> function XXX() {};
> XXX.prototype.aha.apply(XXX);
> 
> Why first variant doesn't work in XUL context? :( Second variant is too
> ugly to use...


What is XXX, exactly?  I bet you are not using the same XXX in the js 
shell, because XXX is a DOM or XPCOM object of some kind.

/be

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