[Caja] Open Templates in ES3.1 strict (was: Refactoring out unused material)

[Mike Samuel]

2008/6/16 Mark S. Miller <erights at google.com>:

>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Mike Samuel <mikesamuel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Will the open template stuff [<
> http://google-caja.googlecode.com/svn/changes/mikesamuel/string-interpolation-29-Jan-2008/trunk/src/js/com/google/caja/interp/index.html>]
> work in ES3.1 strict mode?
>
>
> It looks like they will, but "open" will need to be spelled "eval", as
> is needed anyway for compatibility with ES3 and today's browsers.
>
> As Lars was working on ES4 strict, he noticed something interesting
> about the eval operator: All the problematic interactions between eval
> and strict mode had to do with adding (or removing) bindings from the
> invoking scope. So long as the strict eval operator is limited to only
> consuming bindings from its invoking scope, and all occurrences of the
> strict eval operator are spelled "eval", all strict code remains
> statically scoped. (Leaving aside a current ES4-only controversy
> regarding the resurrection of "with".) For purposes of scope analysis,
> an occurrence of the eval operator should conservatively be treated as
> a use occurrence of all variables in scope at that point.
>

>From my reading of ES4, the eval operator works that way, and the eval
function works like (new Function (textToEval))().  Is that correct?
Is there no way to supply an environment to resolve free variables in
textToEval?



>
> When Lars first suggested it, I was outraged. Then I realized he was
> right. We are adopting this notion of the strict eval operator into
> ES3.1 strict.
>
>
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>    Cheers,
>    --MarkM
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