Why doesn't javascript function aliasing work?

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Published on 2010-04-16T15:03:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 15:23 UTC
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I have some Firebug console function calls that I wanted to disable when Firebug wasn't enabled, e.g. console isn't defined. This works fine in IE6 and FF3, but not in Chrome:

var log;

if(console){
  log = console.log;
}else{
  log = function(){ return; }
}

I get an "Uncaught TypeError: Illegal Invocation" in Chrome =/

I read about the issue here, where you have to apply a context, which is kind of new to me... and I can't seem to figure how to accomplish the above in all browsers...

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