[
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-287?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel
]
Henri Biestro closed JEXL-287.
------------------------------
> Wrong resolution of local variables
> -----------------------------------
>
> Key: JEXL-287
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-287
> Project: Commons JEXL
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 3.1
> Reporter: Dmitri Blinov
> Assignee: Henri Biestro
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 3.2
>
>
> Consider the following example
> {code:java}
> x = 1; if (false) var x = 2; x
> {code}
> In this example the {{null}} is returned, which is the value of uninitialized
> local variable {{x}}. The expected behaviour is to return {{1.}}
> The reason is the variable declaration is a *statement*, so one can expect
> that, as a statement, it should be evaluated according to its position within
> the script structure.
> The suggestion is to move the {{Scope.declareVariable()}} call from parse
> time to interpretation time. Also, the resolution whether an identifier
> inside the script referes to the local variable or to the contextual variable
> should be moved from parse time to the interpretation time.
> I think we can also reconsider the variable resolution during a variable
> initialization:
> {code:java}
> sum = 0; var sum = sum + 1{code}
> As of now, Jexl evaluates the local variable {{sum}} as {{1}}, as it
> considers the {{sum+1}} an expression referencing the local variable {{sum}},
> which is, sort of, pointless. We can change this to referencing a contextual
> variable instead, so that the result would be {{2}}. It can be useful in
> plain-vanilla Jexl (without an access differentiator between local and
> contextual variables) to allow one to initialize a local variable {{foo}}
> with the value of contextual variable {{foo}} without using temporary
> variable.
--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.3.4#803005)
