1026113 - declaring "console" var makes window.console undefined

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[:Benjamin Peterson]

In Firefox 29 and Chrome, this code alerts "object":

    var console;
    alert(typeof console);

In Firefox 30+, it alerts "undefined". Likely this is a result of the move to WebIDL (bug 965860). I sort of suspect the new behavior is more spec-compliant, but this did break a website I'm working on.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

See bug 1024899 and bug 1024806.

Comment 2

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046

Move all DOM bugs that haven’t been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5.

If you have questions, please contact :mdaly.

Comment 3

[Peter Van der Beken [:peterv]]

This works now.