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Fix bad console assignment #241

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Fix bad console assignment #241

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions lib/_patch/browserstack.js
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req.send(data);
}

var browserstack_console = console || window.console || {};
// Change some console method to capture the logs.
// This must not replace the console object itself so that other console methods
// from the browser or added by the tested application remain unaffected.
// https://github.com/browserstack/browserstack-runner/pull/199
var browserstack_console = window.console || {};
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Can't we copy the prototype and update the concerned method only so that we do not lose over other methods as well as retain the current logic.

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Isn't console and window.console in browser are same.
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Yes, in JavaScript the global scope of variables is reflected into an object called window where each global variable is a property. There are some exceptions, but in general, yes, when a variable actually exists and is defined as global, then foo === window.foo.

The problem, and the reason this code exists, is with when the variable does not exist, such as in old Internet Explorer.

Try this one:

window.thisdontexist
//> undefined
thisdontexist
//> Uncaught ReferenceError: thisdontexist is not defined

Previously this code used console. Which means that since the release of 826d2c7, browserstack-runner was completely broken in IE6-8, because after this ReferenceError: console is not defined, the program is terminated, the callback never installed, the worker unreachable, and the test results never arrive / timeout.

var x = window.console || {};
// Modern browser > Console
// IE 6-8         > {}
var x = console || {};
// Modern browser > Console
// IE 6-8         > Uncaught ReferenceError: console is not defined / Program terminated.

browserstack_console.log = function () {
var args = BrowserStack.util.toArray(arguments).map(BrowserStack.util.inspect);
post('/_log/', { arguments: args }, function () {});
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BrowserStack.worker_uuid = getParameterByName('_worker_key');

window.BrowserStack = BrowserStack;
// If the browser didn't have a console object (old IE), then this will create it.
// Otherwise this is a no-op as it will assign the same object it already held.
window.console = browserstack_console;
console = browserstack_console;
})();