test262/test/built-ins/Function/S15.3.2.1_A1_T6.js

// Copyright 2009 the Sputnik authors.  All rights reserved.
// This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.

/*---
info: >
    When the Function constructor is called with one argument then body be that argument and the following steps are taken:
    i) Call ToString(body)
    ii) If P is not parsable as a FormalParameterListopt then throw a SyntaxError exception
    iii) If body is not parsable as FunctionBody then throw a SyntaxError exception
    iv) Create a new Function object as specified in 13.2 with parameters specified by parsing P as a FormalParameterListopt and body specified by parsing body as a FunctionBody.
    Pass in a scope chain consisting of the global object as the Scope parameter
    v) Return Result(iv)
es5id: 15.3.2.1_A1_T6
description: >
    Value of the function constructor argument is the string "return
    true;"
---*/

//CHECK#1
try {
  var f = new Function("return true;");
} catch (e) {
  $ERROR('#1: test failed with error '+e);
}

//CHECK#2
if (f.constructor !== Function) {
  $ERROR('#2: When the Function constructor is called with one argument then body be that argument and creates a new Function object as specified in 13.2');
}

//CHECK#3
if (!(f())) {
  $ERROR('#3: When the Function constructor is called with one argument then body be that argument the following steps are taken...');
}