RESOLVED WONTFIX 192830
Annex B.3.5: Var-redeclaration of a catch parameter in a for-of initializer is a syntax error 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192830
Summary Annex B.3.5: Var-redeclaration of a catch parameter in a for-of initializer i...
Ross Kirsling
Reported 2018-12-18 14:38:40 PST
Annex B.3.5 exempts `try {} catch (e) { var e; }` from being a syntax error, but this exemption should not apply if the var declaration is a for-of initializer. Spec link: https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-variablestatements-in-catch-blocks
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Ross Kirsling
Comment 1 2019-01-07 11:32:41 PST
Update: I've proposed that we remove this oddity from the spec instead. :D https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1393
Ross Kirsling
Comment 2 2019-01-29 14:40:51 PST
The above proposal reached consensus! Closing this ticket as no longer necessary. Will remove the corresponding FIXME.
Ross Kirsling
Comment 3 2019-01-29 15:12:21 PST
Committed r240686: <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/240686>
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