Yea, that's what I meant (I read the code when it was released and knew it was something weird like that).
I agree, 'tis a hack... On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:48 AM, kangax <kan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Jan 5, 12:24 pm, "Ryan Gahl" <ryan.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Ryan Gahl <ryan.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I personally worry more about relying on non-standard behavior (i.e. > > >> function decompilation) > > > > > Say what? > > > > Oh, do you mean how the $super mechanism enumerates the method names and > > whatnot? > > No, `$super` relies on parsing return value of > `Function.prototype.toString` (when extacting argument names - and ` > $super` in particular). This is non-standard functionality. Clients > are free to return any function representation (including omitting > argument names) when invoking `toString` on a function object. At > least one browser (Opera mini) does that : ) > > -- > kangax > > > -- Ryan Gahl CEO Nth Penguin, LLC http://www.nthpenguin.com -- WebWidgetry.com / MashupStudio.com Future Home of the World's First Complete Web Platform -- Inquire: 1-920-574-2218 Blog: http://www.someElement.com LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryangahl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-core-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
