Resource loader executes modules in non-global context
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	Yair_rand
	Jul 4 2011, 11:25 AM

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All gadgets loaded by ResourceLoader are executed in a non-global context, causing all variables and functions declared with "var foo" or "function foo" to be local, and unusable outside that specific module.

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 21 2014, 11:28 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-ResourceLoader.

• bzimport set Reference to bz29703.

Yair_rand created this task.Jul 4 2011, 11:25 AM

This is a deliberate change to isolate the already-polluted global scope. If you need a specific variable to be truly global, instead of foo = 'bar' use window.foo = 'bar'.

If your gadget's JS is not ResourceLoader-compliant, don't mark it with [ResourceLoader].

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