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    <p>I'm trying to test for the presence of a declared, defined function using the YUI3 Test framework. In Safari and FireFox, trying to use isNotUndefined, isUndefined, or isFunction fails. I expect those to throw an exception that can be handled by the test framework.</p> <pre><code> Y Object Y.Assert Object Y.Assert.isNotUndefined(x, "fail message") ReferenceError: Can't find variable: x Y.Assert.isUndefined(x, "fail message") ReferenceError: Can't find variable: x Y.Assert.isFunction(x, "fail message") ReferenceError: Can't find variable: x </code></pre> <p>But, instead, I never get to see the failure messages, and the remainder of the tests do not run, because of the interpreter getting in the way... Doesn't that undermine the purpose of these functions, or am I misunderstanding the framework?</p> <p>My intuition tells me that, given the code above and only the code above,</p> <pre><code> Y.Assert.isUndefined(x, "fail message") </code></pre> <p>should continue on without an error (because x is undeclared) and</p> <pre><code> Y.Assert.isNotUndefined(x, "fail message") </code></pre> <p>should log the message "fail message" (because x is undeclared).</p> <p>However, because of the ReferenceError, there's no way (using those YUI3 methods) to test for undeclared objects. Instead, I'm left with some pretty ugly assertion code. I can't use</p> <pre><code> Y.Assert.isNotUndefined(x) ReferenceError: Can't find variable: x </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code> Y.assert( x !== undefined ) ReferenceError: Can't find variable: x </code></pre> <p>which leaves me with </p> <pre><code> Y.assert( typeof(x) !== "undefined" ) // the only working option I've found Assert Error: Assertion failed. </code></pre> <p>which is much less readable than </p> <pre><code> Y.Assert.isNotUndefined(x) </code></pre> <p>Again, I ask: Doesn't that undermine the purpose of these functions, or am I misunderstanding the framework? </p> <p>So</p> <pre><code> x </code></pre> <p>is undeclared, and so not directly testable, while</p> <pre><code> var x; </code></pre> <p>declares it, but leaves it undefined. Finally</p> <pre><code> var x = function() {}; </code></pre> <p>is both declared and defined.</p> <p>I think that what's missing for me is the ability to easily say</p> <pre><code> Y.Assert.isNotUndeclared(x); </code></pre> <p>-Wil</p>
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    1. COShow the code, there's no variable in `x` thus the ReferenceError.
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    2. COThank you, Ivo. I fully understand WHY I get a ReferenceError. The point is that because of the ReferenceError, I can't test to see whether a non-existent object is undefined within the YUI3 Test framework.
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