Subj : Re: Method added into Object.prototype: can't call directly inside
To   : Lev Serebryakov
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 03:00 am

Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> On 10/3/05, Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>It's due to how XUL scripts are precompiled.
> 
>   XUL library does something very special here? We used SpiderMonkey
> engine in our previous project (as separate library, not XUL framework,
> but only SpiderMonkey engine), we used precompiled scripts, and
> everything works Ok.

You must not have executed precompiled scripts against several different 
global objects at the same time.


> Even more, ability to do such tricks (like adding
> new methods to base/host classes) was requirement for us and
> SpiderMonkey was selected instad of MS JScript DLL (customer wanted MS
> JScript), because it allows such tricks and they worked very well in
> opposite to MS JScript DLL.
>   Now I'm programming in XUL environment and have bugs exactly as in MS
> JScript! It is very sad :(


Yes, it's sad, but the bug can be fixed.  It has been around a long 
time, only being noticed this year.  I wonder why.


>>It should be possible to fix with some work.
> 
>   Is here anybody, who can do it?


Me?


>>Let me write a comment in that bug.
> 
>   How can I not to let you write comment in bugzilla? ;-)

Hey, I'm on your side.  See 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300079#c8.

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