namespaces - 'Global' object in node.js

Question

I am using 0.3.1-pre Node.js

Doing this:

typeof global.parseInt

results in

'undefined'

However when pressing [Tab] in the console after typing 'global.' gives a list of functions, including parseInt.

So is parseInt a member of the global namespace or not?

Answer 1

As of NodeJS v0.8.14 global seems to work across modules like the window object does in the browser.

Test:

a.js:

a1 = console.log;  // Will be accessed from b.js
global.a2 = console.log;  // Will be accessed from b.js

require('./b.js');

b1('a: b1');
b2('a: b2');
global.b1('a: global.b1');
global.b2('a: global.b2');

b.js:

a1('b: a1');
a2('b: a2');
global.a1('b: global.a1');
global.a2('b: global.a2');

b1 = console.log;  // Will be accessed from a.js
global.b2 = console.log;  // Will be accessed from a.js

Running a.js outputs:

b: a1
b: a2
b: global.a1
b: global.a2
a: b1
a: b2
a: global.b1
a: global.b2