JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
by David Flanagan

The following corrections were made to the 11/03 reprint:


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        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



(17) top of page:
Here's what youll find in Part III

NOW READS:
Here's what youll find in Part II


(214)  Example 13-5 Extracting arguments from a URL;
Two lines were as follows:
args[argname] = unescape(value);
// in JavaScript 1.5 use decodeURIComponent() instead of escape()


They NOW READ:
args[argname] = unescape(value);
// in JavaScript 1.5 use decodeURIComponent() instead of unescape()



(395)  top line of Example 20-2 (continued);
function supressErrors()...

NOW READS:
function suppressErrors() ...)


Two lines below, similarly:
window.onerror = supressErrors;

NOW READS:
window.onerror = suppressErrors;)



{484}  Static Functions - Math.exp();
As previously described, 'Computes an exponent of e' is incorrect.  

NOW READS: 
'computes a power of e.'



(556)  2nd paragraph from bottom;
"It is more common, however, to use the all[] array to retreive..."
PREVIOUSLY IN PRINT: retreive

NOW READS:
retrieve