Can the regression in function name binding taking priority over a
parameter names be fixed for R2 (http://groups.google.com/group/
mozilla.dev.tech.js-engine.rhino/browse_thread/thread/
11b22a1b66a31717)?
Kris

On Feb 27, 10:46 am, Norris Boyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> What I hope will be the last release candidate is available for
> testing, with only one significant change since the last release
> candidate that we found during regression testing here at Google.
>
> Rhino 1.7R1 had the following (buggy) behavior:
>
> js> var x = { get foo() { return 3; } };
> js> x.foo
> 3
> js> x.foo = 7
> 7
> js> x.foo
> 3
>
> Earlier release candidates fixed this by overwriting the getter, so
> that the value of x.foo in the last line was 7 instead of 3. However,
> the draft ES3.1 spec says this should throw a TypeError, so I've
> changed this last release candidate to do that behavior instead:
>
> js> var x = { get foo() { return 3; } };
> js> x.foo
> 3
> js> x.foo = 7
> js: "<stdin>", line 7: uncaught JavaScript runtime exception:
> TypeError: Cannot set property foo that has only a getter.
>
> Imporanant note: this also affects getters defined through Rhino's
> Java API as well as the "get" syntax above.
>
> If you want to assign to a property that only has a getter defined,
> first delete it:
>
> js> var x = { get foo() { return 3; } };
> js> x.foo
> 3
> js> delete x.foo
> true
> js> x.foo = 7
> 7
> js> x.foo
> 7
>
> The latest release candidate is available 
> atftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/rhino1_7R2-RC3.zip
>
> I will release this as the final if there are no issues with the
> latest change.
>
> Thanks,
> Norris

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