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Reputation: 2757

Add Javascript function to global scope

I have an emscripten application. I have a javascript file that has a function definition. I load that file into a string and then call emscripten_run_script on it. Then, I try to call that function later using some inline EM_ASM call, but it says the function definition can't be found.

    std::ifstream file("script.js"); // script.js has "someFunc" defined
    std::string str((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)),
                     std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());

    emscripten_run_script( str.c_str() );

     // the below give error "someFunc not defined"
     EM_ASM({
        someFunc();
    });

However, if I load that javascript file into a string and then append the string with the call to the function

    std::ifstream file("script.js"); // script.js has "someFunc" defined
    std::string str((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)),
                     std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());

    auto combinedStr = str + "someFunc();";

    emscripten_run_script( combinedStr.c_str() ); // works fine

How can I add a javascript function defined in a file to global scope to be used later on?

The javascript file looks like this:

function someFunc()
{
}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 545

Answers (1)

John Sharp
John Sharp

Reputation: 811

In tests I've done this seems to work, which should be equivalent to what you've done:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <emscripten.h>

int main()
{
    char script[] = "someFunc = function() {"
                    "console.log(\"hello\");"
                    "};";

    emscripten_run_script(script);

    EM_ASM({
        someFunc();
    });
}

Is your script.js declaring the function to be local in scope (via var someFunc = function(){...}; or somesuch)? emscripten_run_script isn't exactly like JavaScripts eval and local variables only exist within the scope of emscripten_run_script.

Upvotes: 2

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