Javascript 1.3

[Jim Ley]

Re: Javascript 1.3

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:07:38 -0500, "Matt Kruse"
<newsgroups@mat tkruse.com> wrote:
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>Same think with try/catch, or any other keyword additions and language
>changes in different versions.
>If you're developing for an internet audience, you can't use any of these
>new features, because there is no way (that I've found) to degrade nicely,
>without relying on language="Javas cript1.3", etc.[/color]

but that's never been a reliable solution anyway, it was ignored by
too many of the old browsers - the ones we need to protect.
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>Causing a syntax error while determining whether or not an operator is
>supported (as another poster suggested) isn't really a good solution, IMO.[/color]

Absolutely, that's definately unacceptable, I wouldn't use ===, it's
one of things I disagree with jslint on.

Jim.
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[Dr John Stockton]

Re: Javascript 1.3

JRS: In article <c5rar7$ru5$1$8 302bc10@news.de mon.co.uk>, seen in
news:comp.lang. javascript, Richard Cornford
<Richard@litote s.demon.co.uk> posted at Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:18:30 :
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>Out of curiosity, what sort of output do you get from the following:-
>
>var out = 'No ScriptEngine Funciton';
>if(window.Scri ptEngine){
> out = ScriptEngine();
> if(window.Scrip tEngineMajorVer sion){
> out += ' '+ScriptEngineM ajorVersion();
> }
> if(window.Scrip tEngineMinorVer sion){
> out += '.'+ScriptEngin eMinorVersion() ;
> }
> if(window.Scrip tEngineBuildVer sion){
> out += '.'+ScriptEngin eBuildVersion() ;
> }
>}
>alert(out);[/color]

It's easier for me without the alert - that is equivalent to

out = "JScript 3.1.2124"

on my system.

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