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sorry if this is obvious, i searched dcs and forums but couldn't find an answer.

i have a basic patcher below, basically turns on/off a debug variable in the js script. if the function is called setdebug, it works ok, but if the function is called debug, it doesn't work at all. indeed, when i call a function named debug from another one (not i the script below) it says "debug is not defined". i'm not a javascript expert but my search of the web didn't indicate debug() was a reserved function or keyword.

hi,
sorry if this is obvious, i searched dcs and forums but couldn't find an answer.
i have a basic patcher below, basically turns on/off a debug variable in the js script. if the function is called setdebug, it works ok, but if the function is called debug, it doesn't work at all. indeed, when i call a function named debug from another one (not i the script below) it says "debug is not defined". i'm not a javascript expert but my search of the web didn't indicate debug() was a reserved function or keyword.
can anyone help? cheers,,

//inlets and outlets
inlets = 2;
outlets = 1;

function setdebug(a)
{
    dbg=arguments[0];
    if(a) {
        post("debug on n")
    } else {
        post("debug off n")
    }
}


debug-function-javascript

so today i can call debug from another function without error. but i couldn't see the debug message in the js or jsui list of messages (as per the "reserved words" paragraph from: 

https://cycling74.com/docs/max5/vignettes/js/jsbasic.html).

 the only debug message reference i could find was from messages to dsp/max, but renaming the function to other max/dsp functions works (i.e. set/reset the debug flag in the js). i just don't know what behavior I'm seeing here.

so today i can call debug from another function without error. but i couldn't see the debug message in the js or jsui list of messages (as per the "reserved words" paragraph from: https://cycling74.com/docs/max5/vignettes/js/jsbasic.html). the only debug message reference i could find was from messages to dsp/max, but renaming the function to other max/dsp functions works (i.e. set/reset the debug flag in the js). i just don't know what behavior I'm seeing here.


so does this work for everyone? no-one cares? or have i discovered an "undocumented feature"?

it's not a big deal, but not knowing is bugging me,,

so does this work for everyone? no-one cares? or have i discovered an "undocumented feature"?
it's not a big deal, but not knowing is bugging me,,


I get the same behaviour as you mentioned in your first post. Sending any "debug" message to the javascript causes no response from a debug() or anything() function. Possibly something undocumented to do with the built in max debugger?

debug function javascript