The HTML comments are to hide the script from older browsers that dont
understand javascript.
On 5/27/07, Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
why do you have <!-- comments --> instead of /* comments */ in a script?
On 5/27/07, Network Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>
>
> When the function 'globalEval' is evaluating script source that
> contains html comments (i.e. <!--), it will get 'syntax error'. html
> comments should be stripped before execution.
>
> Example:
> -script source
> <script language=javascript>
> <!--
> //alert(typeof WebControls.registerListControl);
> alert(3);
> //-->
> </script>
>
> --modifled globalEval function that fixes the issue
>
> globalEval: function( data ) {
> if ( window.execScript )
> window.execScript(
data.replace(/^\s*\<\!--.*$\n/gm,"")
> );
> else if ( jQuery.browser.safari )
> // safari doesn't provide a synchronous global
> eval
> window.setTimeout( data, 0 );
> else
> eval.call( window, data );
> }
>
>
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