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Asked: 2026-05-26T11:23:06+00:00

Line 614 of jQuery 1.7rc1: window[ eval ].call( window, data ); Why not simply

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Line 614 of jQuery 1.7rc1:

window[ "eval" ].call( window, data );

Why not simply write

eval.call( window, data );?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The answer is here: Decoding jQuery,

    Jim Driscoll found out that for more standards-respecting browsers,
    you could use eval.call(window,data), but for Chrome and IE, things
    are a bit different.

    Internet Explorer: It seems that IE uses window.execScript(data)

    Chrome: eval.call(window,data) breaks on Chrome, but window[ “eval”
    ].call( window, data) works on Chrome, and as well as other non-IE
    browsers, this is how the above workarounds based upon.

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