There was some discussion about onerror and its parameters a few months ago on the WHATWG list: http://www.nabble.com/window.onerror--ancient-feature-needs-upgrade-td153874 21.html
Best regards Mike Wilson > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Ratcliffe > Sent: den 5 januari 2009 13:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: The JS onerror event and the ECMA Standard > > I have a question about the Javascript onerror event ... I > know it is not part of the > ECMA standard and that is my point. > > I have a complex web app used by some large corporations. > This web app is used to create > online tests for their customers (members of the public). > There can be hundreds of > factors that can come together to create a JavaScript bug ... > UA, popup blockers, path > taken, popup window or not, computers regional settings, > browser settings etc., etc. > > It is obviously not very professional for us to ask a > corporation to have members of the > public install debugging tools to try and isolate a bug, but > currently that is the > situation that a lot of us face. An increasing number of devs > are turning to the method > of trapping the error and logging as much info as possible using AJAX. > > Are there any plans to make onerror part of the ECMA standard > and, if so, is it possible > for me to suggest adding an additional item that should be > accessible from the onerror > handler? I would suggest that a fourth parameter be passed to > the onerror handler, which > is the error object from the time the error is triggered. > This would allow access to the > call stack from within the handler and would be an invaluable > in uncovering complex bugs. > > At the moment there is no possible way to do access the call > stack or any other tracing > info in the event of an error ... almost every other modern > language exposes this > information. > _______________________________________________ > Es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
