Stacktraces from dynamically-constructed functions not as expected

[Vivin Suresh Paliath]

I tried this out on in chrome and I get the expected stack trace there. Is
this a bug?
On May 6, 2016 3:39 PM, "Vivin Suresh Paliath" <vivin.paliath at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have the following code:
>
> *var f = (function() {*
> *    return function foo() {*
> *        try {*
> *            throw new Error();*
> *        } catch(e) {*
> *            print(e.stack);*
> *        }*
> *    }*
> *})();*
>
>
> When I call the function, I get the following stacktrace as expected
> (mostly; I was expecting *foo* instead of *f$foo*).
>
> *Error*
> *        at f$foo (<shell>:1)*
> *        at <program> (<shell>:1)*
>
>
> However, if I dynamically construct the function as follows:
>
> *var f = new Function([], "return function foo() { try { throw new
> Error(); } catch(e) { print(e.stack); } }")()*
>
>
> I get:
>
>
> *Error*
> *        at <anonymous> (<function>:2)*
> *        at <program> (<shell>:1)*
>
>
> Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Isn't the second version
> effectively the same as the first? Also, why is it *f$foo* instead of
> *foo* in the first case?
>
> I am running jdk8u92.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> map{@n=split//;$j.=$n[0]x$n[1]}split/:/,"01:11:02".
> ":11:01:11:02:13:01:11:01:11:01:13:02:12:01:13:01".
> ":11:04:11:06:12:04:11:01:12:01:13:02:12:01:14:01".
> ":13:01:11:03:12:01:11:04:12:02:11:01:11:01:13:02".
> ":11:03:11:06:11:01:11:05:12:02:11:01:11:01:13:02".
> ":11:02:12:01:12:04:11:06:12:01:11:04:12:04:11:01".
> ":12:03:12:01:12:01:11:01:12:01:12:02:11:01:11:01".
> ":13:02:11:01:02:11:01:12:02";map{print chr unpack"
> i",pack"B32",$_}$j=~m/.{8}/g
>