Count the actual # of times each instantiation is attempted: 5x, 13x, 28x,
49x... as the match index gets further away. It's not that you don't get the
right one at the end, it's what it takes to get there.
-- S.
I'm not sure I follow.
Currently, it will only "try" so long as i < array.length, Other wise
we throw an error.
The loop breaks and returns an instance on which ever attempt is
successful.
Here's an example w/ the standard XMLHttpRequest as 3rd in the array.
This shold find a working instance afte
> I moved the return back into the Try, and it works. For what ever
> reason, it didn't work before, works now.
Well, with your refactoring, you changed the scope chain around.
But your new version attempts to instantiate at least 1 unnecessary
object and possibly well more than i^2 extr
I moved the return back into the Try, and it works. For what ever
reason, it didn't work before, works now.
Of couse I only tried on Chrome and FF. Both take option 1.
http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/b5LaZ/1/
So ultimately, the Finally is overkill. But I still like using
Finally. You don't ge
> Huh? Works perfectly for this case.
(step into it as it recurses and you can see why)
> [finally] is basically useless.
Huh? Works perfectly for this case.
-- S.
@chris: I had looked at that earlier. At heart it's what I'm trying
to do, my real only goal is to use a self-referential loop - fo no
other reason other than as an exercise.
This xhr loop simply looked like the perfect place to start.
On Jul 30, 10:53 pm, Christoph Pojer
wrote:
> Note that
Note that finally is always executed, even after entering a catch
blog. It is basically useless.
For your specific XHR problem, you may want to look at this snippet
from MooTools Core:
http://github.com/mootools/mootools-core/blob/master/Source/Browser/Browser.js#L66-91
On Jul 30, 8:39 am, jiggl
Thanks.
http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/b5LaZ/embedded/
-Chase
On Jul 29, 2:09 pm, Sanford Whiteman
wrote:
> > So I thought what a great time to use a self-referential function.
> > However I can't seem to get it to work. Does anyone have insight as
> > to how/if at all, this could work?
> >http
