messagename gets overwritten when anything() invokes itsself..

Hi,

I ran into something I don't understand. It is hard to describe without many words (considering my poor english) but I'll try. You can also skip my description and go directly to the example below.

Description:
The javascript doc says messagename is "The name of the message to the js object that invoked the method currently running." Strictly speaking I'd expect the anything() function to have its own local copy of messagename. But since messagename is not a local argument of anything() but a 'global' property of jsThis, what happens if the anything method invokes itsself?

From the example it looks like messagename gets overwritten, so that when anything() returns (to itsself), messagename is gone for the remaining part of function. The funny thing is, the inlet property behaves differently. It looks like this one is not overwritten but remembered as if it was a local property.

Example:
I know it sounds confusing, but have a look at the example and it will become clear.

-------- Save as "test.js":

inlets = 2;

function anything()
{
    if (messagename == "first")    outlet(0, "next");
    post("messagename " + messagename + ", inlet " + inlet);
    post();
}

-------- Save as anything

Expected output:

messagename next, inlet 1
messagename first, inlet 0
OR
messagename next, inlet 1
messagename , inlet

Actual output:

messagename next, inlet 1
messagename , inlet 0

I hope someone can shed some light on this.

Mattijs

Windows XP, Max 4.6.2