> because for some reason, I can't see 'debugger' in the typedefs. In JS, debugger is a keyword, so it probably shouldn't exist in typedefs as a symbol.
By the way, I implemented the debugger statement in AS3 a while back (for both JS and SWF), but I was discouraged from merging it because my implementation relied on the undocumented flash.debugger.enterDebugger() API to get it working in SWF. Anyway, here's the branch where I implemented this back in 2017: https://github.com/apache/royale-compiler/tree/feature/debugger-statement -- Josh Tynjala Bowler Hat LLC <https://bowlerhat.dev> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 5:40 PM Greg Dove <greg.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just a quick note to let you know about a new feature. One you probably > don't want to use very often at all. It is a combination of latest compiler > updates and Language swc JS update. > > I added it to avoid a low level use of eval inside Language.as, which was > there in the first place to do some very low level native js stuff and > break a bunch of actionscript rules for the hidden internal implementation > of synthType (which you don't need to know about, except that it helps > mimic some classes like int, uint and Vector etc). > > I had to make the change because I encountered an issue with > Content-Security-Policy in a client application, which was causing the > browser to not run any eval code. > Now, I think there is only usage in a couple of places, most notably on an > as-needed basis in ExternalInterface implementation I think (I will see if > I can use this to avoid it in ExternalInterface also before too long). > > Anyway... you probably won't use it, but it does let you use native js > injected inline. > > The one thing I can think of that is helpful is this: > COMPILE::JS{ > jsUnsafeNativeInline('debugger'); > } > > because for some reason, I can't see 'debugger' in the typedefs. > > Anyway that can help you set a breakpoint that works in the js-release (as > well as js-debug) code. Which can sometimes be helpful when figuring out > release build issues. Outside of that I guess it probably won't be super > helpful. >
