I don’t remember the discussion. Maybe we should revisit that.
> On Jan 12, 2022, at 7:30 PM, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@bowlerhat.dev> wrote: > >> 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. >>
