TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly property. on Safari 6 (Mac)

[federicogfernandez]

plugin.load(map.name, makeRequire(map.parentMap, true, function (deps, cb) {
deps.rjsSkipMap = true;
return context.require(deps, cb);
}), load, config);

At line deps.rjsSkipMap = true; it returns an error "TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly property." and stops the load of the modules.

[jstarrdewar]

It's happening to me too. It is only happening in Safari 6. No problems in Safari 5.x or Chrome. I'm using 2.0.2

[jstarrdewar]

At least on my configuration, I have narrowed it down to the i18n plugin. When I remove all i18n! imports it loads fine.

[shoork]

Hi... same problem here... also seems to be in i18n plugin....

[jstarrdewar]

Here's the eventual load timeout error I get (my translations are in a file called 'strings.js'): Error: Load timeout for modules: i18n!nls/strings_unnormalized2,i18n!nls/strings

[jrburke]

Hmm, yes, something is up, it appears that when in 'use strict' mode, Safari 6 does not like it if I add a property to a string value. Other strict aware browsers allow the assignment but apparently give undefined when reading it back.

I'm investigating a fix, but in the meantime, if you are stuck, open up the require.js file and remove the 'use strict'; line near the top of the code.

[jrburke]

Fixed in master, just removed strict, for reasons, see commit above:

https://github.com/jrburke/requirejs/blob/master/require.js

[shoork]

There is always "side effect" on my code :(

shim: {
    'backbone-min': {
        deps: ['underscore-min', 'json2'],
        exports: 'Backbone'
     }

require([
(...)
'libs/backbone/backbone-min',
], function(App){

And when i try to access to Backbone I get "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: Backbone" (only on safari 6)....
(and same problem with another module Globalize)

I will investigate today but others navs are ok :(

[jrburke]

@shoork do you get that error with the latest master require.js that has a fix for the original issue in this ticket?

https://raw.github.com/jrburke/requirejs/master/require.js

If you try the latest master that should perform better if it is caused by the same underlying issue.

[shoork]

no I just make the fix "removing strict"... i'll test with lastest master this afternoon (in a few hours) to see if it solve the problem

[jrburke]

@shoork OK. If you still see the issue, then I suggest opening a new ticket, since it will likely be a different fix, and I will want to track the fix separately from this one.

[marcokrikke]

Hi James,

Same problem here. I'm using the r.js optimiser to include two locales in a build. When loading the non-root locale in the optimised scenario, the error above occurs in Safari 6 (and on iPhone). Removing the "use strict" line does indeed fix the problem.

A minimal implementation in order to reproduce this bug can be found at:

https://github.com/marcokrikke/requirejs-strict-mode-error

Steps to reproduce:

• deploy the project
• index.html is the non-optimised version, works as expected
• index_build.html will give the "TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly property" error.

[jrburke]

@marcokrikke see one of my previous comments to a link to the requirejs master version that fixes the problem. That fix will be in a 2.0.5 release.

[marcokrikke]

@jrburke yup, already found that one, thanks.