In general, using an AutoJSAPI inited with an object is NOT the same as using
AutoSafeJSContext (or AutoJSAPI inited without an object) and then entering the
compartment of the object: the former will report exceptions to the global of
the object as it comes off the stack, while the latter will not. This only
really matters if we have an object from a window or worker global and hence
might fire error events, or report internal stuff to the web console.
The changes to initing with an object made in this bug are OK for the following
reasons:
1) dom/base/Console.cpp: Always clears its exception before coming off the stack.
2) dom/base/nsDOMClassInfo.cpp: Inits with a non-web global.
3) dom/base/nsFrameMessageManager.cpp: Inits with a non-web global.
4) dom/media/MediaPermissionGonk.cpp: We probably want the caller to notice if
anything here throws.
5) dom/xbl/nsXBLPrototypeBinding.cpp: Inits with a non-web global.
6) dom/xul/nsXULElement.cpp: Inits with a non-web global.
7) extensions/pref/autoconfig/src/nsJSConfigTriggers.cpp: Inits with a non-web global.
8) ipc/testshell/XPCShellEnvironment.cpp: Inits with a non-web global.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Source_Code_Directory_Structure
For information on how to build Mozilla from the source code, see:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation
To have your bug fix / feature added to Mozilla, you should create a patch and
submit it to Bugzilla (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org). Instructions are at:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_a_patch
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Getting_your_patch_in_the_tree
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testing, may be buggy. Firefox nightlies, for example, can be found at:
https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
- or -
http://nightly.mozilla.org/