Subj : Re: SpiderMonkey: newline in script important?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Franky Braem" <fa225992@skynet.be>
Date : Wed Jan 15 2003 06:00 pm

Well I found the answer in a JavaScript reference. A ; is mandatory when
using an anonymous function.
So the compiler in SpiderMonkey is wrong when it allows anonymous functions
only ended with a carriage return after the }

Franky.

"F. Braem" <Franky.Braem17@yucom.be> wrote in message
news:ff8a7494.0301132349.384e563f@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> While writing a console program for my wxJS project I found out that
> when a newline is not contained in the script, it can cause JavaScript
> syntax errors. I've used the following script:
>
> wxTheApp.onInit = function()
> {
>   dlg = new wxDialog(null, -1, "Test");
>   dlg.showModal();
>   return false;
> }
> wxTheApp.mainLoop();
>
> My console program reads this script from a file with std::getline
> which discards the newlines. When I compile the script I get the
> following syntax error on line 0 (because of no newlines): missing ;
> before statement. After sometime I found out that I had to place a ;
> after }
>
> When I change the sourcecode of the console program as follows: after
> each std::getline I add "\r\n". When I compile the script everything
> works fine.
>
> Which of the above is the correct situation? Do I have to place a ;
> after setting a function ? Are newlines important in the JavaScript
> syntax?
>
> Franky.
>
> PS. I'm using SpiderMonkey version 1.5 pre-release 4a 2002-03-21

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