Script loading/eval not working for IE8

[brtubb]

It appears the script parsing of templates fails quietly in IE8. The end result is a silent failure that doesn't get emit from ractive-load in any fashion, and puts the Promise in a metastable state (never triggers fail/success criteria).

The core issue is in eval2.Function(). The code is wrapping the component's <script> with an anonymous function to achieve scope isolation. The bug manifests itself here in IE8: this older version of IE doesn't eval anonymous functions properly, returning "undefined" instead of the desired effect. There's a little more information in this SO thread: http://stackoverflow.com/q/1271516

The "solution" I'm using is further down in the answers: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8115692
Appears to be working well for me and hasn't caused other deleterious effects (yet). I'm happy to submit a PR if this looks like a reasonable fix.

var jsString = "(function(arg1) { alert('Hello World!'); })";

/*
 * IE8/9 Fails in current code
 */
eval(jsString); 
// undefined

/*
 * Suggested Solution
 */
eval("false||" + jsString);
// (function(arg1)...

[avoto]

Brian, do you mind sharing what you've done exactly to resolve this?