On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Michael O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a follow up, the following somewhat surprised me.
>
> {
> let b = 1
> {
> function fun() {
> print("CALL: " + b)
> }
> }
> }
> fun()
>
> gives:
>
> **ERROR** EvalError: uncaught exception: ReferenceError: unresolved
> lexical reference {multiname: [ns public '']::b [ns internal '']::b
> [ns public '__ES4__']::b } (near /Users/dherman/es4/src/builtins/
> Error.es:86:55-86.55)
>
>
> ie. the function is hoisted to the outer var block, but does not seem
> to capture the scope chain of where it was declared and b is out of
> scope.
>
> Is this correct or an RI bug?
RI bug.
http://bugs.ecmascript.org/ticket/243
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 15, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Michael O'Brien wrote:
> > Question about declarations:
> >
> > Consider:
> >
> > print(Shape.x)
> > public class Shape { public static var x = 1; }
> > print(Shape.x)
> >
> > fun()
> > function fun() { print("fun"); }
> >
> >
> > In the RI this prints:
> >
> > undefined
> > 1
> > fun
> >
> > In ASC this prints:
> > 1
> > 1
> > fun
> >
> > What happens in the RI is the class declaration seems to occur where
> > it is coded. It is not being
> > hoisted to the top of the enclosing var block. Whereas the function
> > declaration is and thus can
> > be called before its declaration.
> >
> > Is this an RI bug or just a divergence from AS3?
> >
> > Michael
>
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