Yep, it's suppose to be read-only
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference:Global_Objects:Function:name
On Jun 9, 12:31 am, Jeff Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Off the top of my head, I'd guess you're using FireFox. I know the JS
> engine in FireFox (SpiderMonkey) exposes the name of a function via
> the `name` property, however, I don't know whether that property is
> mutable.
>
> My guess, from the behaviour of your code, is `name` is not a mutable
> property.
>
> On 8 Jun, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Franck PORCHER wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have been trying for days o understand what I have missed.
>
> > I have narrowed down the problem to this, where I create a simple
> > class 'foo' that I extend to assign a private member 'name' set to
> > 'FOO':
> > var foo = Class.create({});
> > Object.extend( foo, { name : 'FOO' } );
> > Then :
> > alert(foo.name)
> > surprisingly displays
> > klass
> > (instead of FOO)
>
> > Samething if I explicitely force the value to 'FOO'
> > foo.name = 'FOO'
> > Is there someone in the position to tell me what is going on, and
> > why foo's private member 'name' does not hold its value. This does
> > not happen if I choose another name for the private member.
>
> > This has been most upsetting to me for days now, and I fail to
> > understand what I am missing.
>
> > So thank you to anyone who would help me understand my mistake if
> > this is not a bug.
>
> > Franck PORCHER
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