Comments on: JavaScript Arguments http://www.seifi.org/javascript/javascript-arguments.html A Web Development Blog by Joe Seifi - seifi.org Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:33:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Itransition Company http://www.seifi.org/javascript/javascript-arguments.html/comment-page-1#comment-21344 Itransition Company Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:57:52 +0000 http://www.seifi.org/?p=673#comment-21344 The array returned by "Arguments" function counts 4 elements only. But the number of elements covers array's elements from 0 to 3. The array returned by “Arguments” function counts 4 elements only. But the number of elements covers array’s elements from 0 to 3.

]]> By: Lea Verou http://www.seifi.org/javascript/javascript-arguments.html/comment-page-1#comment-19694 Lea Verou Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:02:15 +0000 http://www.seifi.org/?p=673#comment-19694 Function.name is also unsupported in IE and Opera... Function.name is also unsupported in IE and Opera…

]]> By: Samer Ziadeh http://www.seifi.org/javascript/javascript-arguments.html/comment-page-1#comment-19593 Samer Ziadeh Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:50:02 +0000 http://www.seifi.org/?p=673#comment-19593 That's why I thought That’s why I thought

]]> By: Nosredna http://www.seifi.org/javascript/javascript-arguments.html/comment-page-1#comment-19492 Nosredna Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:13:32 +0000 http://www.seifi.org/?p=673#comment-19492 I tried to use the caller method once to drastically simplify some metaprogramming I was doing. If I recall correctly, it worked in only some browsers. Stay away from these unevenly supported features unless you're sure of your target environment. For instance, I'm a bit more adventurous with my JavaScript when I'm writing an AIR app, because I only have to worry about WebKit's evolution in the future, not the past, present, and future of 4 major and N minor browsers. I tried to use the caller method once to drastically simplify some metaprogramming I was doing. If I recall correctly, it worked in only some browsers.

Stay away from these unevenly supported features unless you’re sure of your target environment.

For instance, I’m a bit more adventurous with my JavaScript when I’m writing an AIR app, because I only have to worry about WebKit’s evolution in the future, not the past, present, and future of 4 major and N minor browsers.

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