Talk:GM.getValue

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Ref: 0.7.20070607.0 Release on a.m.o prefmanager.js

Line 49 return null;

Ref: Current trunk as of 2007 01 03 prefmanager.js

Line 52 return null;

There is a difference between null and undefined.

null is an object (e.g. alert(typeof(null));)

undefined has no memory allocated (e.g. alert(typeof(undefined));)

If the desired behavior is to return undefined, it will need to be corrected in the trunk as well as a.m.o.

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Try something along the lines of

// ==UserScript==
// @name          GetSetValueTest
// @description   Tests the behaviour of gm_getValue for a missing property
// @include       http://www.example.com/
// ==/UserScript==

var val = GM_getValue("missingProperty");
var msg = "val: " + val + "\n"
     + "typeof(val): " + typeof(val) + "\n"
     + "val==undefined: " + (val==undefined) + "\n"
     + "val===undefined: " + (val===undefined) + "\n"
     + "val==null: " + (val==null) + "\n"
     + "val===null: " + (val===null) + "\n";
alert(msg)

I get:

val: undefined 
typeof(val): undefined 
val==undefined: true 
val===undefined: true 
val==null: true 
val===null: false

I believe (but haven't tested) that lines 36-38 returns defaultValue (i.e undefined) and lines 50 and 52 are never executed.

  if (prefType == pref.PREF_INVALID) {
    return defaultValue;
  }

--Gingerhendrix 21:13, 6 January 2008 (EST)

LOL We're both correct here.:) In your test case it will return undefined because no default value was supplied... however in my test case here it will return null because I made sure that the value stored wasn't a string, int or boolean.
Do you think this is worth a trouble ticket for devjavu?
Marti

How do you reach this codepath - i.e. how do you make sure that the value stored wasn't a string, int or boolean? I'll file a ticket and a patch shortly. --Gingerhendrix 09:29, 7 January 2008 (EST)

Unless there is further discussion on this... I have included Gingerhendrix's paraphrased explanation in the usage section. Bullet 1 can eventually be removed. Marti 05:11, 30 September 2008 (EDT)