The mystery arguments passed by setTimeout in Firefox [duplicate]

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Firefox setTimeout(func, ms) sending default parameters to callback

I have been wondering this for a long time. When I type in the following line in FF, then I get:

var timer = setTimeout(function () {console.log(arguments)}, 500);

arguments outputs an array with a random number in it, and this number is different from the value of the timer. When I try on Chrome, the arguments is an empty array.

Anyone has noticed this?

Answer 1

From https://developer.mozilla.org/en/window.setTimeout:

Gecko passes an extra parameter to the callback routine, indicating the "lateness" of the timeout in milliseconds.