Which issue report has this test case? We should mark it blocking 1.7 so we can fix it before 1.7b1.
jjb On Jan 28, 9:46 am, ed <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been seeing this for a while also. Syntax errors are not reported > by firebug, but I see them in the firefox error console. > > On Jan 27, 9:35 pm, Nicolas Hatier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As soon as I add your example to my code and refresh the page, my > > instance of Firebug reports me an error: > > > syntax error > > if (var ref = document.getElementById(some_id)) file.js (line 123) > > > Check if Show Javascript Errors is checked in the Console mini-menu (the > > arrow on the Console tab). Try to reset Firebug options. Or try in a new > > profile, maybe there's something broken in yours. > > > NH > > > On 2011-01-27 18:35, booksort wrote: > > > > I was debugging some code which contained in an included file > > > > if (var ref = document.getElementById(some_id)) ... > > > > (Single '=' is intended. I must never have tried this use of var in JS > > > before but apparently it is illegal syntax). > > > > The include failed but Firebug did not report anything until something > > > tried to reference the constructor in the file and simply said it was > > > not a constructor. > > > Error Console did not report anything either. > > > > I'm sad to say it was IE Developer Tools that pointed me to the syntax > > > error! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
