Maria not using the browser console for debugging.

[ryan-scott-dev]

It was instead trying to reference an undefined console variable scoped within the maria IIFE.

[petermichaux]

This is a good find.

Using window may not be the best option for getting the global object because someone might be using Maria in a non-browser environment.

[ryan-scott-dev]

So I guess the best option would be to fetch console before the IIFE.

I'm thinking something along the lines of:

var globalConsole = console;
var maria = (function() { // IIFE

And then in namespace.js

var maria = {};

/* DEBUG BEGIN */
// Help older browsers without the `console` host object.
var console = globalConsole || {};
console.log = console.log || function() {};
console.warn = console.warn || function() {};
console.error = console.error || function() {};
/* DEBUG END */

What are your thoughts?

[petermichaux]

The point of the IFFE is so that only one global is defined. I'd like to stay with that purity as this is important to many people.

I think the following would work.

var maria = (function(/* DEBUG BEGIN */console/* DEBUG END */) {
    /* DEBUG BEGIN */
    console = console || {};
    //...
    /* DEBUG END */ 

    //...

}(/* DEBUG BEGIN */(typeof console === 'object') ? console : null/* DEBUG END */));

[petermichaux]

@Archytaus, any more thoughts on this?

[ryan-scott-dev]

It seems to work fine for me. I've updated the PR.
I'm not sure how to apply this to AMD though, if it is an issue there as well.