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(was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?)

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On 17.09.2014 00:20, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 9/16/2014 4:02 PM, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>>
>> Consider a JavaScript:
>>
>>      var blah;
>>      blah;
>>
>> So what does the Java's
>>
>>      Object ScriptEngine::eval(String script) return now?

Btw, "::" is a C++ism that does not exist in Java.  In Java we use a 
single dot there.

>> blah is not null? Is it not undefined either? Java has no "undefined"
>> Object type.
>>
>> What will happen, what will be returned?
>
>      null
>
>      (Obtained by a five-minute experiment.  "Five" because I have no
> acquaintance with the scripting framework and had to read some doc;
> a better-versed person could have obtained the answer more quickly.)

<rant>
I do not understand why people are really asking these type of 
questions.  It is more rewarding and faster, too, to try these things 
out than going to a newsgroup to wait for a reply.

I think it's time again to reference
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
</rant>

Bye

	robert

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Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-16 23:02 +0300
  Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-16 18:20 -0400
    (was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-17 08:24 +0200
      Re: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-17 09:48 +0100
        Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-17 08:32 -0400
          Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 20:08 +0300
      Re: (was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 19:56 +0300
        Re: (was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-17 19:35 +0200
    Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 19:58 +0300
    Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-17 18:41 +0100
      Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-17 13:57 -0400
        Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 21:12 +0300
        Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 21:14 +0300
      Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 21:17 +0300

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