How to get firebug profiler to show functions as non-anonymous

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On a Mac, Firebug outputs proper function names in profiler mode. On a PC, allmost all functions are logged as 'anonymous'. In this instance, almost all the function calls are prototype methods. Is there a way to get at the function names on the PC version? A setting?

Here's the difference. You can see why the PC version is far inferior. This is profiling the exact same code! (Running FF 9, Latest stable Firebug) enter image description here

Have you tried updating your Firefox & Firebug? I remember seeing Firebug's release notes on a recent release related to this. — blong, Jan 24 '12 at 03:47
I've notified the folks over at firebug. Strangely, anonymous functions like foo.prototype.bar = function(){} will resolve correctly to the prototype name on a mac, whereas on PC is resolves to anonymous. — FlavorScape, Mar 06 '12 at 02:03
On my Windows XP machine, surprisingly, IE8 seems to have the best support for displaying anonymous functions in profiler (dont't read it as 'IE has best profiler'; whole IE dev tools are painfully slow). They have some heuristics for doing it, as they described [in this blog post](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/09/11/introducing-the-ie8-developer-tools-jscript-profiler.aspx). In Firefox/Firebug, Chrome, Safari unnamed anonymous functions are displayed without the name unfortunately. — jakub.g, Mar 16 '12 at 16:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '12 at 17:18

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If nothing else works, you can always name the function:

var functionVariable = function nameVisibleToDebugger(parameters) {
 ...
}

answered Dec 20 '12 at 17:18

Michael Lorton

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If you were correct, it would be in global scope; since you are incorrect, it might be, and is, in function scope. – Michael Lorton Sep 12 '13 at 17:24
That's why I added "if I'm correct" - I was applying my expectation to Javascript, which - after 4 weeks of JS - turns out to be faulty... – virtualnobi Sep 13 '13 at 06:58

blong · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-20T17:16:01.550

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I don't know, but I'd suggest posting to Firebug's user group: http://groups.google.com/group/firebug . Good luck!

edited Dec 20 '12 at 17:16

answered Jan 24 '12 at 21:57

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Here's the thread if you want to watch it: http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_thread/thread/3607c112a826eb29/4e3ff33612e8ca7c?pli=1 – jakub.g Mar 16 '12 at 16:07

How to get firebug profiler to show functions as non-anonymous

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