229244 - nested function cannot access local variables

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 220362

(Rhino Graveyard :: Core, defect)

Description

[yaar schnitman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Build Identifier: Rhino v1.5.3

A nested function cannot access var declarations which are declared in the 
same scope. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
The following code performs only partialy:

function MyObject()
{
  this.x = 'XXX';
  var y = 'YYY';
  this.f1 = _f1;
  this.f2 = _f2;
  function _f1(){
    this.x;
  }
  function _f2(){
    return y;
  }
}

var instance = new MyObject();
instance.f1(); 
instance.f2();

Actual Results:  
Calling instance.f1() works but instance.f2() crashes.

Expected Results:  
Execution of the same code using Microsoft JScript engine succeeds. I'm not 
sure however that this construct is standard.

We embed Rhino in a java application.

Comment 1

[Igor Bukanov]

I just run the script in the Rhino shell and it did not crash. Do you use
dynamic scoping? If yes, then it is a bug that was fixed in Rhino CVS tip.

Comment 2

[Igor Bukanov]

See bug 220362 for the dynamic scoping bug.

Comment 3

[Igor Bukanov]

Assuming no-reporting \equiv agreement with my last comments.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 220362 ***

Comment 4

[Igor Bukanov]

Trageting as resolved against 1.5R5