91282 - property name should be included in javascript exception

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 83131

(Core :: Security: CAPS, defect)

Description

[Henrik Gemal]

When fx go to:
http://dir.spylog.ru/
you get in the console:
Error: uncaught exception: Permission denied to access property

which comes from:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/caps/src/nsScriptSecurityManager.cpp#354

It could be nice if the property was included in the jaqvascript exception.
Something like:
Error: uncaught exception: Permission denied to access property [document.cookie]

btw: why is it a "uncaught exception"?

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

It's uncaught because no one bothered to put a try {} around the code in question?

Comment 2

[Mitchell Stoltz (not reading bugmail)]

Coming soon.

That's correct, 'uncaught' means it could have been caught by a try/catch
statement in the script. If the exception shows up in the JS console, that means
it wasn't caught by the script.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83131 ***

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

Why is it that some errors in the JS console say "uncaught exception" and some
don't?

Comment 4

[ckritzer (gone)]

Marking VERIFIED DUPLICATE.