adamflorin

This JS crashes Max when I close the patcher:

var task = new Task(function() {
  post("ping");
});
task.repeat();


function taskFunction() {
  post("ping");
}
var task = new Task(taskFunction);
task.repeat();


I can reproduce 100% of the time when closing this demo patcher, but in other (larger) patchers I've seen spontaneous crashes which I believe to be related to this same issue.

Are inline function definitions not supported for 

Are inline function definitions not supported for Task?


js-task-crashes-with-inline-function-definition

I can repro here. I'm not entirely sure that this is "supported" per-se, but it is something we can look at down the road. Is it preventing you from doing something specific? Maybe I can suggest a workaround...

FWIW, aside from declaring the function outside of the new Task, you can also avoid the crash by wrapping the whole thing in a function itself, like:

function loadbang(){
var task = new Task(function() {
post("ping");
});
task.repeat();
}



Very interesting! No, I'm not blocked, as I've decided not to use 

 for this purpose. Maybe the JS interpreter specifically has an issue with anonymous functions in the global namespace—just a speculation. Anyway, thanks for taking the time, Ben!

Very interesting! No, I'm not blocked, as I've decided not to use Task for this purpose. Maybe the JS interpreter specifically has an issue with anonymous functions in the global namespace—just a speculation. Anyway, thanks for taking the time, Ben!


[js] Task crashes with inline function definition?