Chrome Development Tool: [VM] file from javascript

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AllieCat picture AllieCat · Jun 28, 2013 · Viewed 79.4k times · Source

I added a breakpoint in my javascript file (jaydata.js) and was pressing "Step over to the next function call." When it got to a line that was:

},

another file titled "[VM] (8312)" popped up. I kept clicking "Step over to the next function call" and now my screen is:

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What are these strange and mysterious scripts titled "[VM](XXXX " and where do they come from?

Answer

Rob W picture Rob W · Jun 28, 2013

[VM] (scriptId) has no special meaning. It's a dummy name to help us to distinguish code which are not directly tied to a file name, such as code created using eval and friends.

In the past, all of these scripts were just labelled (program).

If you're interested, just look up "[VM]"in the source code of Chromium, you will discover that these numbers have no significant meaning outside the developer tools.

update 2015-06-25

[VM] (scriptId) was renamed to VMscriptId a while ago, and here is the direct link to search result in case the value changes again.

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