The "new Function" syntax
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But new Function allows to turn any string into a function. The major difference from other ways we’ve seen is that the function is created literally from a string, that is passed at run time. But when a function is created using new Function, its [[Environment]] is set to reference not the current
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- But new Function allows to turn any string into a function.
- The major difference from other ways we’ve seen is that the function is created literally from a string, that is passed at run time.
- But when a function is created using new Function, its [[Environment]] is set to reference not the current Lexical Environment, but the global one.
- If new Function had access to outer variables, it would have problems with minifiers.
- For historical reasons, arguments can also be given as a comma-separated list.
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