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tishma
tishma

Reputation: 1885

Firebug fails to load js file

I've noticed that a syntax error in JS file sometimes causes that js file not to be listed in Script Firebug tab at all.

I'm pretty sure that Firebug is supposed to help finding such errors instead of excluding the entire js file.

What am I missing?

Thanks v.

Firefox 3.6.13

Firebug 1.6.0

EDIT: Below's the example of the code that breaks it. The closing parenthesis was left on the $.each line, before instead after the function body. Now that I've experimented a bit, it appears to be somewhat inconsistent in behavior, but the bottom line is that the only error that gets reported is " is not defined", when another function defined in the erroneous file is called.

function aaa(){
    var sum = 0;
    $.each([1, 2, 3], function(i, val)){
        sum += val;
    };
    return sum;
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1988

Answers (2)

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 7855

I just found out, the same error i got was happening on the following line:

selectOptionNode.value = current);

it is a leftover parantheses which has no corresponding start parantheses. So this seems to be a reason for firebug to not load the whole script and never tell about it. Weird...

removing the paranthesis fixed the problem.

Upvotes: 2

tishma
tishma

Reputation: 1885

OK. As people don't find this interesting, I can put in some hints. Hopefully they help someone:

  1. Try reloading page twice to make sure that new version of external js file is loaded.
  2. FF/FB have memory issues that most of us have experienced. Restarting FF could also help.

Upvotes: 1

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