Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <2531419.sRAszf16aN@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 22:42:15 +0100 User-Agent: KNode/4.11.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <7b387e55-5dda-4c72-a4b2-ae4daf9404a3@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Dec 2013 22:42:24 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 746dbbfc.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=\KA^:NN]ld1=FQB?mjjV50ic==]BZ:af>4Fo<]lROoR1nkgeX?EC@@0KV1GJ:PY581DZm8W4\YJNn:C3HK:Y3EL;GN< X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:22402 Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote: > On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 7:04:35 PM UTC-6, RobG wrote: > ... >> Does anyone know the history of this feature? It seems little used and >> rarely documented, I know PointedEars has looked into it in the past but >> I can't find references. > > IIRC this was initially a "feature" of IE due to document.all + VBScript. No; as I wrote on Twitter [1], referring to my answer at Stack Overflow [2], that scope chain augmentation was part of the original JavaScript makeup already – in order to make it easier for beginners –, when there was no distinction between language and AOM/DOM. References are at Stack Overflow as well. [1] [2] -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.