Status: New
Owner: ----
New issue 2220 by [email protected]: Peculiar syntax error thrown with octal
literals in strict mode
http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=2220
Running the attached HTML file in Chrome throws a wrong error:
SyntaxError: Unexpected token }
This happens in both Chrome 20 stable and 22 canary. As soon as you remove
one letter "a" in the comments, the correct error is thrown:
SyntaxError: Octal literals are not allowed in strict mode.
This seems like a bug, since the "a" is part of a comment, so it should
have no effect on the program.
Not altering the comment but modifying the functions as such:
a = function() {
};
b = function() {
01;
};
also throws the correct error.
De-indenting the "b" function however does not, and throws the wrong error.
I've no idea why this is; I would be interested in hearing a brief
explanation of this behaviour if someone has the time.
Attachments:
bug.html 1.0 KB
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