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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 14:41:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: Allowed contents of validate_doc_update field.
From: Marcello Nuccio <marcello.nuccio@gmail.com>
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Yes, it works.
But I want to use the modules on the browser and I've managed to get
it working using RequireJS.
Unfortunately I have problems with js-test-driver, so right now I'm
doing file concatenation to get the job done.

Marcello

2011/10/4 Sean Copenhaver <sean.copenhaver@gmail.com>:
> Do CommonJS modules work in validate_doc_update?
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Jason Smith <jhs@iriscouch.com> wrote:
>
>> I would stick to a pure-function. What if you set `a =3D /not_bla/` in
>> the function? But CouchDB might start many simultaneous Javascript
>> processes, so you will not know the value of `a` later.
>>
>> I admit that sometimes I wish I could put constants and other things
>> outside the function, for readability.
>>
>> P.S. /regex/.test(str) does not work on some builds of CouchDB (or
>> rather, some builds of Spidermonkey) which are still in use. It is
>> safer to use str.match(/regex) which I also find less readable :)
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Marcello Nuccio
>> <marcello.nuccio@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is it supported to put anything other than an anonymous function in
>> > the validate_doc_update field of a design document?
>> >
>> > For example:
>> >
>> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0var a =3D /bla/;
>> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0function (doc, oldDoc, userCtx, secObj) {
>> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0if (!a.test(doc._id)) ...
>> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0}
>> >
>> > is it supported or it can work only by coincidence.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > =C2=A0Marcello
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Iris Couch
>>
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