335052 - E4X:toSource of [] and {} not consistent

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[Biju]

E4X:toSource of [] and {} not consistent with same e4x element repeat

x=<a><b>1</b></a>;
a={p:x, q:x};
b=[x, x];

["Object toSource", a.toSource(), "", "Array toSource", b.toSource() ].join('\n');

give ==>

Object toSource
({p:#1=<a>
  <b>1</b>
</a>, q:#1#})

Array toSource
[<a>
  <b>1</b>
</a>, <a>
  <b>1</b>
</a>]

step:-


1. navigate attachment "toSource_with_e4x_differs.html"
2. click Input Case "0" link
3. Click "test" button

4. links 1,2 shows possible future enhancement

Comment 1

[Biju]

Attachment: testcase toSource_with_e4x_differs.html

Comment 2

[Biju]

link to bug 335351

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

E4X will be removed again from Spidermonkey (bug 788293)