1251790 - Add help for "interface objects"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[Steve Fink [:sfink] [:s:]]

I have been trying to separate out the blob of shell functions into separate pieces (eg "os", "os.file", etc.). But currently, the help system won't display anything in those, so they're kind of hidden.

Comment 1

[Steve Fink [:sfink] [:s:]]

Attachment: Add help for "interface objects"

Also, the way help is done is kinda weird -- if eg you have a primitive property on the global, help() will end up throwing.

With this patch, 'os' will show up in the global help() output (just listing its members).

It's still pretty clunky, but it seems like the minimum change that'll do the job. I started on another scheme, but then realized it should really be self-hosted (too much groveling through JS datastructures from C++), and that seemed like far too much for this silly bug.

Comment 2

[Terrence Cole [:terrence]]

Comment on attachment 8724335 [details] [diff] [review]
Add help for "interface objects"

Review of attachment 8724335 [details] [diff] [review]:
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WFM.

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/b0cd29d16e6c

Comment 4

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b0cd29d16e6c