252264 - misleading strict warning: function eval must be called directly, and not by way of a function of another name.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[timeless]

test case:
js> foo={'eval':eval}
[object Object]
js> foo.eval("1")
typein:6: strict warning: function eval must be called directly, and not by way 
of a function of another name.
1

the real world example i have involves two dom windows.
i need to eval my string (a function that references |window| coerced to a 
string) in the context of the 'other' dom window, because i need (that 
function's) |window| to reference that other window, not the one that's global 
to the js i'm executing.

since i'm calling some_global_window.eval, i don't think i'm calling a function 
by another name. If the strict warning does not want me to call it via an 
object property of any name, then it should say so :(.

and if that's the case, then i have to ask, how does one evaluate code in the 
context of a different dom window?

am i supposed to do:
some_global_window.setTimeout('eval(...)') ?

Comment 1

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

If I understand it correctly, the warning is due to the clause in 15.1.2.1 
eval(x) <quote>If value of the eval property is used in any way other than a
direct call (that is, other than by the explicit use of its name as an
Identifier which is the MemberExpression in a CallExpression), or if the eval
property is assigned to, an EvalError  exception may be thrown.</quote> We don't
do the EvalError, but instead issue a warning.

The win.setTimeout will work, but you don't need the eval or you can use the
deprecated with (win} { do stuff }.

-> invalid, reopen if you disagree.

Comment 2

[timeless]

i've never had with (foo) work, it looks like eval(string, obj) might do what i
want when it doesn't crash.