Closed Bug 694360 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Permit unicode escape sequences in keywords (thi\u0073 is a keyword, not an identifier)

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(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

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x86
macOS
defect
Not set
normal

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RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla10

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(Reporter: jorendorff, Assigned: evilpie)

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This should be a SyntaxError:
  var thi\u0073;
Currently we permit it and actually declare a variable named "this" (although we ban it in strict mode, apparently by accident rather than by design).

See discussion here:
  https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-June/015389.html

The most persuasive response was Allen Wirfs-Brock's interpretation of ES5:
  https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-June/015422.html

No one really disagreed.
Attachment #567474 - Flags: review?(jorendorff)
Comment on attachment 567474 [details] [diff] [review]
v1 detect unicode escaped keywords

throws() has a bug: if eval(code) does not throw, the test passes.

r=me with that fixed. Thanks!
Attachment #567474 - Flags: review?(jorendorff) → review+
Assignee: general → evilpies
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/56c27cde0643
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla10
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