On Mar 3, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Waldemar Horwat wrote:
> If we're saying that Harmony is strict-only, settable by a <script> tag, what
> will indirect eval and the Function constructor do if the evaluated code
> doesn't start with a "use strict" directive?
Yeah, "strict-only" is probably not quite the right way to describe it. We
discussed this a bit at the last face-to-face. Generally, Harmony still has to
allow for the existence of non-Harmony code living and executing in the same
heap. For example, a web page can contain
<script type="application/javascript">...</script>
<script type="application/javascript?version=HARMONY">...</script>
and the bindings of both can see each other. If I remember right, the semantics
we've talked about is that indirect eval defaults to ES5 non-strict. So the
answer to your question is: the indirect-eval'ed code is non-strict.
So I think it might be a little misleading to say Harmony is strict-only. It's
a little more accurate to say that by default, Harmony code assumes the
restrictions of ES5 strict mode and builds from there. However, it is possible
to access and evaluate non-strict code via indirect eval, or -- in the browser
setting, for example -- via access to code defined in non-Harmony.
Dave
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