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Created March 5, 2011 06:42
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Globalize JS
var Foo = 'bar';
this.Foo = 'bar';
var global = function(){return this || (1,eval)('this')}();
global.Foo = 'bar';
!function(){
var GLOBAL = function(){return this || (1,eval)('this')}()
Function.prototype.globalize = function(){
return this.apply(GLOBAL, arguments)
}
}()
!function(){
this.Foo = 'bar';
}.globalize()
function Export(fn){var G = this||(7,eval)('this'); fn.call(G,G)}
Export (function(exports){
exports.Foo = 'bar';
})
function Export(fn){fn.call(this||(7,eval)('this'))}
Export (function(){
this.Foo = 'bar';
})
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I think we can handle 53 characters at the top of each file ;)

@cpojer

cpojer commented Mar 5, 2011

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yeah, but potentially use eval in every single module? I dislike.

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What's the alternative?
You have to get Export or applyGlobal into the universe somehow.

@cpojer

cpojer commented Mar 5, 2011

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the upside of applyToGlobal is that you only have to get the context once and reuse that on every function call.

@ibolmo

ibolmo commented Mar 5, 2011

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Like I had mentioned on another comment.. is this possible as well?

var global = this || (1, eval)('this');
global.global = global;

(function(){
    this....
}).call(global);

// or I guess directly:

global.Function.prototype.... 

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