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Re: Puzzling JS Error

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Mel Smith wrote:

> ****** fragment of Ajax set up code ********
> 
> var HTTP;
> /*
> // problem in this next statement
> if (HTTP && (typeof HTTP !== "object" || HTTP.NAME)) {
>     throw new Error("Namespace 'HTTP' already exists");
>    }
> */
> alert("Ready toComplete Ajax set up.") ;

Please post *real* code.

With *this* code, the alert will be displayed because you have *commented 
out* the offending code.

If we assume that you have not commented it out, there will never be thrown 
an exception because, barring an assignment to “HTTP” earlier, the value of 
the “HTTP” variable is the “undefined” value, the sole value of the 
Undefined type, with which all variables are initialized if they are not 
initialized explicitly.

“undefined“ is type-converted to boolean “false”, and shortcut evaluation of 
a logical AND expression causes the remaining operands to be ignored if one 
operand evaluates to “false” (because the result can never become “true” by 
further evaluation).

Next time, before you post use the debugger that is nowadays built into 
*all* Web browsers (by virtue of the most of them being based on WebKit, 
Gecko or MSHTML); see the FAQ.

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Puzzling JS Error "Mel Smith" <syntel@cox.net> - 2015-04-09 11:49 -0600
  Re: Puzzling JS Error "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-09 22:21 +0200
    Re: Puzzling JS Error "Mel Smith" <syntel@cox.net> - 2015-04-09 16:26 -0600
      Re: Puzzling JS Error "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-10 10:32 +0200
      Re: Puzzling JS Error Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-04-10 14:51 +0000
        Re: Puzzling JS Error "Mel Smith" <syntel@cox.net> - 2015-04-10 09:48 -0600
          Re: Puzzling JS Error "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-04-10 18:01 +0200
  Re: Puzzling JS Error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-10 00:20 +0200
  Re: Puzzling JS Error JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2015-04-10 11:15 +0700
    Re: Puzzling JS Error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-11 16:15 +0200
      Re: Puzzling JS Error Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-04-11 18:09 -0300
        Re: Puzzling JS Error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-11 23:42 +0200
          Re: Puzzling JS Error Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-04-11 19:27 -0300
            Re: Puzzling JS Error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-12 01:01 +0200
              Re: Puzzling JS Error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-12 01:07 +0200
                Re: Puzzling JS Error Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-04-11 22:07 -0300

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