Question

What can cause this behavior in IE7? I can’t reproduce this issue on jsfiddle…

var func=new Function('arg','return 2*2;');
alert(typeof func);

Returns object.

I’m totaly confused.

How to debug this issue? How to figure out why new Function is returning an object?

UPDATE

It shouldn’t be that way right? Or I just don’t understand something? To me it looks like Windows 8 bug.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mhyuab3mhj2yu59/ie7_windows8_bug.png

UPDATE

This is up to IE8, in IE9 it’s gone.

Answer 1

Problem resolved via this solution:

var func=eval('(function(){return function(){ your code here }})()');