function create_sandbox() {
		var global_defaults = {},
			can_use_preloading = real_preloading || xhr_or_cache_preloading,
			queue = [],
			registry = {},
			instanceAPI
		;

		// global defaults
		global_defaults[_UseLocalXHR] = true;
		global_defaults[_UseCORSXHR] = false;
		global_defaults[_AlwaysPreserveOrder] = false;
		global_defaults[_AllowDuplicates] = false;
		global_defaults[_CacheBust] = false;
		/*!START_DEBUG*/global_defaults[_Debug] = true;/*!END_DEBUG*/
		global_defaults[_BasePath] = "";

		// execute a script that has been preloaded already
		function execute_preloaded_script(chain_opts,script_obj,registry_item) {
			var script;

			function preload_execute_finished() {
				if (script != null) { // make sure this only ever fires once
					script = null;
					script_executed(registry_item);
				}
			}

			if (registry[script_obj.src].finished) return;
			if (!chain_opts[_AllowDuplicates]) registry[script_obj.src].finished = true;

			script = registry_item.elem || document.createElement("script");
			if (script_obj.type) script.type = script_obj.type;
			if (script_obj.charset) script.charset = script_obj.charset;
			if (script_obj.crossOrigin) script.crossOrigin = script_obj.crossOrigin;
			create_script_load_listener(script,registry_item,"finished",preload_execute_finished);

			// script elem was real-preloaded
			if (registry_item.elem) {
				registry_item.elem = null;
			}
			// script was XHR preloaded
			else if (registry_item.text) {
				script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = null;	// script injection doesn't fire these events
				script.text = registry_item.text;
			}
			// script was cache-preloaded
			else {
				script.src = script_obj.real_src;
			}
			append_to.insertBefore(script,append_to.firstChild);

			// manually fire execution callback for injected scripts, since events don't fire
			if (registry_item.text) {
				preload_execute_finished();
			}
		}

		// process the script request setup
		function do_script(chain_opts,script_obj,chain_group,preload_this_script) {
			var registry_item,
				registry_items,
				ready_cb = function(){ script_obj.ready_cb(script_obj,function(){ execute_preloaded_script(chain_opts,script_obj,registry_item); }); },
				finished_cb = function(){ script_obj.finished_cb(script_obj,chain_group); }
			;

			script_obj.src = canonical_uri(script_obj.src,chain_opts[_BasePath]);
			script_obj.real_src = script_obj.src +
				// append cache-bust param to URL?
				(chain_opts[_CacheBust] ? ((/\?.*$/.test(script_obj.src) ? "&_" : "?_") + ~~(Math.random()*1E9) + "=") : "")
			;

			if (!registry[script_obj.src]) registry[script_obj.src] = {items:[],finished:false};
			registry_items = registry[script_obj.src].items;

			// allowing duplicates, or is this the first recorded load of this script?
			if (chain_opts[_AllowDuplicates] || registry_items.length == 0) {
				registry_item = registry_items[registry_items.length] = {
					ready:false,
					finished:false,
					ready_listeners:[ready_cb],
					finished_listeners:[finished_cb]
				};

				request_script(chain_opts,script_obj,registry_item,
					// which callback type to pass?
					(
					 	(preload_this_script) ? // depends on script-preloading
						function(){
							registry_item.ready = true;
							for (var i=0; i<registry_item.ready_listeners.length; i++) {
								registry_item.ready_listeners[i]();
							}
							registry_item.ready_listeners = [];
						} :
						function(){ script_executed(registry_item); }
					),
					// signal if script-preloading should be used or not
					preload_this_script
				);
			}
			else {
				registry_item = registry_items[0];
				if (registry_item.finished) {
					finished_cb();
				}
				else {
					registry_item.finished_listeners.push(finished_cb);
				}
			}
		}

		// creates a closure for each separate chain spawned from this $LAB instance, to keep state cleanly separated between chains
		function create_chain() {
			var chainedAPI,
				chain_opts = merge_objs(global_defaults,{}),
				chain = [],
				exec_cursor = 0,
				scripts_currently_loading = false,
				chain_is_corked = false,
				group
			;

			// called when a script has finished preloading
			function chain_script_ready(script_obj,exec_trigger) {
				if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("script preload finished: "+script_obj.real_src);
				script_obj.ready = true;
				script_obj.exec_trigger = function() {
					if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("script execute start: "+script_obj.real_src);
					exec_trigger();
				}
				advance_exec_cursor(); // will only check for 'ready' scripts to be executed
			}

			// called when a script has finished executing
			function chain_script_executed(script_obj,chain_group) {
				if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("script execution finished: "+script_obj.real_src);
				script_obj.ready = script_obj.finished = true;
				script_obj.exec_trigger = null;
				// check if chain group is all finished
				for (var i=0; i<chain_group.scripts.length; i++) {
					if (!chain_group.scripts[i].finished) return;
				}
				// chain_group is all finished if we get this far
				chain_group.finished = true;
				advance_exec_cursor();
			}

			// main driver for executing each part of the chain
			function advance_exec_cursor() {
				if (chain_is_corked) return;
				while (exec_cursor < chain.length) {
					if (is_func(chain[exec_cursor])) {
						if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("$LAB.wait() executing: "+chain[exec_cursor]);
						try { chain[exec_cursor++](); } catch (err) {
							if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_error("$LAB.wait() error caught: ",err);
						}
						continue;
					}
					else if (!chain[exec_cursor].finished) {
						if (check_chain_group_scripts_ready(chain[exec_cursor])) continue;
						break;
					}
					exec_cursor++;
				}
				// we've reached the end of the chain (so far)
				if (exec_cursor == chain.length) {
					scripts_currently_loading = false;
					group = false;
				}
			}

			// setup next chain script group
			function init_script_chain_group() {
				if (!group || !group.scripts) {
					chain.push(group = {scripts:[],finished:true});
				}
			}

			// API for $LAB chains
			chainedAPI = {
				// start loading one or more scripts
				script:function(){
					for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
						(function(script_obj,script_list){
							var splice_args;

							if (!is_array(script_obj)) {
								script_list = [script_obj];
							}
							for (var j=0; j<script_list.length; j++) {
								init_script_chain_group();
								script_obj = script_list[j];

								if (is_func(script_obj)) script_obj = script_obj();
								if (!script_obj) continue;
								if (is_array(script_obj)) {
									// set up an array of arguments to pass to splice()
									splice_args = [].slice.call(script_obj); // first include the actual array elements we want to splice in
									splice_args.unshift(j,1); // next, put the `index` and `howMany` parameters onto the beginning of the splice-arguments array
									[].splice.apply(script_list,splice_args); // use the splice-arguments array as arguments for splice()
									j--; // adjust `j` to account for the loop's subsequent `j++`, so that the next loop iteration uses the same `j` index value
									continue;
								}
								if (typeof script_obj == "string") script_obj = {src:script_obj};
								script_obj = merge_objs(script_obj,{
									ready:false,
									ready_cb:chain_script_ready,
									finished:false,
									finished_cb:chain_script_executed
								});
								group.finished = false;
								group.scripts.push(script_obj);
								do_script(chain_opts,script_obj,group,(
									(can_use_preloading && scripts_currently_loading) || chain_is_corked
								));
								scripts_currently_loading = true;

								if (chain_opts[_AlwaysPreserveOrder]) chainedAPI.wait();
							}
						})(arguments[i],arguments[i]);
					}
					return chainedAPI;
				},
				// force LABjs to pause in execution at this point in the chain, until the execution thus far finishes, before proceeding
				wait:function(){
					if (arguments.length > 0) {
						for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
							chain.push(arguments[i]);
						}
						group = chain[chain.length-1];
					}
					else group = false;

					advance_exec_cursor();

					return chainedAPI;
				},
				cork:function(){
					if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("$LAB.cork()");
					chain_is_corked = true;
					return chainedAPI;
				},
				uncork:function(){
					if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("$LAB.uncork()");
					if (chain_is_corked) {
						chain_is_corked = false;
						advance_exec_cursor();
					}
					return chainedAPI;
				}
			};

			// the first chain link API (includes `setOptions` only this first time)
			return {
				script:chainedAPI.script,
				wait:chainedAPI.wait,
				cork:chainedAPI.cork,
				uncork:chainedAPI.uncork,
				setOptions:function(opts){
					merge_objs(opts,chain_opts);
					return chainedAPI;
				}
			};
		}

		// API for each initial $LAB instance (before chaining starts)
		instanceAPI = {
			// main API functions
			setGlobalDefaults:function(opts){
				merge_objs(opts,global_defaults);
				return instanceAPI;
			},
			setOptions:function(){
				return create_chain().setOptions.apply(null,arguments);
			},
			script:function(){
				return create_chain().script.apply(null,arguments);
			},
			wait:function(){
				return create_chain().wait.apply(null,arguments);
			},
			cork:function(){
				return create_chain().cork.apply(null,arguments);
			},

			// built-in queuing for $LAB `script()` and `wait()` calls
			// useful for building up a chain programmatically across various script locations, and simulating
			// execution of the chain
			queueScript:function(){
				queue[queue.length] = {type:"script", args:[].slice.call(arguments)};
				return instanceAPI;
			},
			queueWait:function(){
				queue[queue.length] = {type:"wait", args:[].slice.call(arguments)};
				return instanceAPI;
			},
			runQueue:function(){
				var $L = instanceAPI, len=queue.length, i=len, val;
				for (;--i>=0;) {
					val = queue.shift();
					$L = $L[val.type].apply(null,val.args);
				}
				return $L;
			},

			// rollback `[global].$LAB` to what it was before this file was loaded, the return this current instance of $LAB
			noConflict:function(){
				global.$LAB = _$LAB;
				return instanceAPI;
			},

			// create another clean instance of $LAB
			sandbox:function(){
				return create_sandbox();
			}
		};

		return instanceAPI;
	}
function create_sandbox() {
		var global_defaults = {},
			can_use_preloading = real_preloading || xhr_or_cache_preloading,
			queue = [],
			registry = {},
			instanceAPI
		;

		
		global_defaults[_UseLocalXHR] = true;
		global_defaults[_UseCORSXHR] = false;
		global_defaults[_AlwaysPreserveOrder] = false;
		global_defaults[_AllowDuplicates] = false;
		global_defaults[_CacheBust] = false;
		global_defaults[_Debug] = true;
		global_defaults[_BasePath] = "";

		
		function execute_preloaded_script(chain_opts,script_obj,registry_item) {
			var script;

			function preload_execute_finished() {
				if (script != null) { 
					script = null;
					script_executed(registry_item);
				}
			}

			if (registry[script_obj.src].finished) return;
			if (!chain_opts[_AllowDuplicates]) registry[script_obj.src].finished = true;

			script = registry_item.elem || document.createElement("script");
			if (script_obj.type) script.type = script_obj.type;
			if (script_obj.charset) script.charset = script_obj.charset;
			if (script_obj.crossOrigin) script.crossOrigin = script_obj.crossOrigin;
			create_script_load_listener(script,registry_item,"finished",preload_execute_finished);

			
			if (registry_item.elem) {
				registry_item.elem = null;
			}
			
			else if (registry_item.text) {
				script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = null;	
				script.text = registry_item.text;
			}
			
			else {
				script.src = script_obj.real_src;
			}
			append_to.insertBefore(script,append_to.firstChild);

			
			if (registry_item.text) {
				preload_execute_finished();
			}
		}

		
		function do_script(chain_opts,script_obj,chain_group,preload_this_script) {
			var registry_item,
				registry_items,
				ready_cb = function(){ script_obj.ready_cb(script_obj,function(){ execute_preloaded_script(chain_opts,script_obj,registry_item); }); },
				finished_cb = function(){ script_obj.finished_cb(script_obj,chain_group); }
			;

			script_obj.src = canonical_uri(script_obj.src,chain_opts[_BasePath]);
			script_obj.real_src = script_obj.src +
				
				(chain_opts[_CacheBust] ? ((/\?.*$/.test(script_obj.src) ? "&_" : "?_") + ~~(Math.random()*1E9) + "=") : "")
			;

			if (!registry[script_obj.src]) registry[script_obj.src] = {items:[],finished:false};
			registry_items = registry[script_obj.src].items;

			
			if (chain_opts[_AllowDuplicates] || registry_items.length == 0) {
				registry_item = registry_items[registry_items.length] = {
					ready:false,
					finished:false,
					ready_listeners:[ready_cb],
					finished_listeners:[finished_cb]
				};

				request_script(chain_opts,script_obj,registry_item,
					
					(
					 	(preload_this_script) ? 
						function(){
							registry_item.ready = true;
							for (var i=0; i<registry_item.ready_listeners.length; i++) {
								registry_item.ready_listeners[i]();
							}
							registry_item.ready_listeners = [];
						} :
						function(){ script_executed(registry_item); }
					),
					
					preload_this_script
				);
			}
			else {
				registry_item = registry_items[0];
				if (registry_item.finished) {
					finished_cb();
				}
				else {
					registry_item.finished_listeners.push(finished_cb);
				}
			}
		}

		
		function create_chain() {
			var chainedAPI,
				chain_opts = merge_objs(global_defaults,{}),
				chain = [],
				exec_cursor = 0,
				scripts_currently_loading = false,
				chain_is_corked = false,
				group
			;

			
			function chain_script_ready(script_obj,exec_trigger) {
				if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("script preload finished: "+script_obj.real_src);
				script_obj.ready = true;
				script_obj.exec_trigger = function() {
					if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("script execute start: "+script_obj.real_src);
					exec_trigger();
				}
				advance_exec_cursor(); 
			}

			
			function chain_script_executed(script_obj,chain_group) {
				if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("script execution finished: "+script_obj.real_src);
				script_obj.ready = script_obj.finished = true;
				script_obj.exec_trigger = null;
				
				for (var i=0; i<chain_group.scripts.length; i++) {
					if (!chain_group.scripts[i].finished) return;
				}
				
				chain_group.finished = true;
				advance_exec_cursor();
			}

			
			function advance_exec_cursor() {
				if (chain_is_corked) return;
				while (exec_cursor < chain.length) {
					if (is_func(chain[exec_cursor])) {
						if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("$LAB.wait() executing: "+chain[exec_cursor]);
						try { chain[exec_cursor++](); } catch (err) {
							if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_error("$LAB.wait() error caught: ",err);
						}
						continue;
					}
					else if (!chain[exec_cursor].finished) {
						if (check_chain_group_scripts_ready(chain[exec_cursor])) continue;
						break;
					}
					exec_cursor++;
				}
				
				if (exec_cursor == chain.length) {
					scripts_currently_loading = false;
					group = false;
				}
			}

			
			function init_script_chain_group() {
				if (!group || !group.scripts) {
					chain.push(group = {scripts:[],finished:true});
				}
			}

			
			chainedAPI = {
				
				script:function(){
					for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
						(function(script_obj,script_list){
							var splice_args;

							if (!is_array(script_obj)) {
								script_list = [script_obj];
							}
							for (var j=0; j<script_list.length; j++) {
								init_script_chain_group();
								script_obj = script_list[j];

								if (is_func(script_obj)) script_obj = script_obj();
								if (!script_obj) continue;
								if (is_array(script_obj)) {
									
									splice_args = [].slice.call(script_obj); 
									splice_args.unshift(j,1); 
									[].splice.apply(script_list,splice_args); 
									j--; 
									continue;
								}
								if (typeof script_obj == "string") script_obj = {src:script_obj};
								script_obj = merge_objs(script_obj,{
									ready:false,
									ready_cb:chain_script_ready,
									finished:false,
									finished_cb:chain_script_executed
								});
								group.finished = false;
								group.scripts.push(script_obj);
								do_script(chain_opts,script_obj,group,(
									(can_use_preloading && scripts_currently_loading) || chain_is_corked
								));
								scripts_currently_loading = true;

								if (chain_opts[_AlwaysPreserveOrder]) chainedAPI.wait();
							}
						})(arguments[i],arguments[i]);
					}
					return chainedAPI;
				},
				
				wait:function(){
					if (arguments.length > 0) {
						for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
							chain.push(arguments[i]);
						}
						group = chain[chain.length-1];
					}
					else group = false;

					advance_exec_cursor();

					return chainedAPI;
				},
				cork:function(){
					if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("$LAB.cork()");
					chain_is_corked = true;
					return chainedAPI;
				},
				uncork:function(){
					if (chain_opts[_Debug]) log_msg("$LAB.uncork()");
					if (chain_is_corked) {
						chain_is_corked = false;
						advance_exec_cursor();
					}
					return chainedAPI;
				}
			};

			
			return {
				script:chainedAPI.script,
				wait:chainedAPI.wait,
				cork:chainedAPI.cork,
				uncork:chainedAPI.uncork,
				setOptions:function(opts){
					merge_objs(opts,chain_opts);
					return chainedAPI;
				}
			};
		}

		
		instanceAPI = {
			
			setGlobalDefaults:function(opts){
				merge_objs(opts,global_defaults);
				return instanceAPI;
			},
			setOptions:function(){
				return create_chain().setOptions.apply(null,arguments);
			},
			script:function(){
				return create_chain().script.apply(null,arguments);
			},
			wait:function(){
				return create_chain().wait.apply(null,arguments);
			},
			cork:function(){
				return create_chain().cork.apply(null,arguments);
			},

			
			
			
			queueScript:function(){
				queue[queue.length] = {type:"script", args:[].slice.call(arguments)};
				return instanceAPI;
			},
			queueWait:function(){
				queue[queue.length] = {type:"wait", args:[].slice.call(arguments)};
				return instanceAPI;
			},
			runQueue:function(){
				var $L = instanceAPI, len=queue.length, i=len, val;
				for (;--i>=0;) {
					val = queue.shift();
					$L = $L[val.type].apply(null,val.args);
				}
				return $L;
			},

			
			noConflict:function(){
				global.$LAB = _$LAB;
				return instanceAPI;
			},

			
			sandbox:function(){
				return create_sandbox();
			}
		};

		return instanceAPI;
	}
function create_sandbox ( ) { var global_defaults = { } , can_use_preloading = real_preloading || xhr_or_cache_preloading , queue = [ ] , registry = { } , instanceAPI ; // global defaults global_defaults [ _UseLocalXHR ] = true ; global_defaults [ _UseCORSXHR ] = false ; global_defaults [ _AlwaysPreserveOrder ] = false ; global_defaults [ _AllowDuplicates ] = false ; global_defaults [ _CacheBust ] = false ; /*!START_DEBUG*/ global_defaults [ _Debug ] = true ; /*!END_DEBUG*/ global_defaults [ _BasePath ] = "" ; // execute a script that has been preloaded already function execute_preloaded_script ( chain_opts , script_obj , registry_item ) { var script ; function preload_execute_finished ( ) { if ( script != null ) { // make sure this only ever fires once script = null ; script_executed ( registry_item ) ; } } if ( registry [ script_obj . src ] . finished ) return ; if ( ! chain_opts [ _AllowDuplicates ] ) registry [ script_obj . src ] . finished = true ; script = registry_item . elem || document . createElement ( "script" ) ; if ( script_obj . type ) script . type = script_obj . type ; if ( script_obj . charset ) script . charset = script_obj . charset ; if ( script_obj . crossOrigin ) script . crossOrigin = script_obj . crossOrigin ; create_script_load_listener ( script , registry_item , "finished" , preload_execute_finished ) ; // script elem was real-preloaded if ( registry_item . elem ) { registry_item . elem = null ; } // script was XHR preloaded else if ( registry_item . text ) { script . onload = script . onreadystatechange = null ; // script injection doesn't fire these events script . text = registry_item . text ; } // script was cache-preloaded else { script . src = script_obj . real_src ; } append_to . insertBefore ( script , append_to . firstChild ) ; // manually fire execution callback for injected scripts, since events don't fire if ( registry_item . text ) { preload_execute_finished ( ) ; } } // process the script request setup function do_script ( chain_opts , script_obj , chain_group , preload_this_script ) { var registry_item , registry_items , ready_cb = function ( ) { script_obj . ready_cb ( script_obj , function ( ) { execute_preloaded_script ( chain_opts , script_obj , registry_item ) ; } ) ; } , finished_cb = function ( ) { script_obj . finished_cb ( script_obj , chain_group ) ; } ; script_obj . src = canonical_uri ( script_obj . src , chain_opts [ _BasePath ] ) ; script_obj . real_src = script_obj . src + // append cache-bust param to URL? ( chain_opts [ _CacheBust ] ? ( ( / \?.*$ / . test ( script_obj . src ) ? "&_" : "?_" ) + ~ ~ ( Math . random ( ) * 1E9 ) + "=" ) : "" ) ; if ( ! registry [ script_obj . src ] ) registry [ script_obj . src ] = { items : [ ] , finished : false } ; registry_items = registry [ script_obj . src ] . items ; // allowing duplicates, or is this the first recorded load of this script? if ( chain_opts [ _AllowDuplicates ] || registry_items . length == 0 ) { registry_item = registry_items [ registry_items . length ] = { ready : false , finished : false , ready_listeners : [ ready_cb ] , finished_listeners : [ finished_cb ] } ; request_script ( chain_opts , script_obj , registry_item , // which callback type to pass? ( ( preload_this_script ) ? // depends on script-preloading function ( ) { registry_item . ready = true ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < registry_item . ready_listeners . length ; i ++ ) { registry_item . ready_listeners [ i ] ( ) ; } registry_item . ready_listeners = [ ] ; } : function ( ) { script_executed ( registry_item ) ; } ) , // signal if script-preloading should be used or not preload_this_script ) ; } else { registry_item = registry_items [ 0 ] ; if ( registry_item . finished ) { finished_cb ( ) ; } else { registry_item . finished_listeners . push ( finished_cb ) ; } } } // creates a closure for each separate chain spawned from this $LAB instance, to keep state cleanly separated between chains function create_chain ( ) { var chainedAPI , chain_opts = merge_objs ( global_defaults , { } ) , chain = [ ] , exec_cursor = 0 , scripts_currently_loading = false , chain_is_corked = false , group ; // called when a script has finished preloading function chain_script_ready ( script_obj , exec_trigger ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_msg ( "script preload finished: " + script_obj . real_src ) ; script_obj . ready = true ; script_obj . exec_trigger = function ( ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_msg ( "script execute start: " + script_obj . real_src ) ; exec_trigger ( ) ; } advance_exec_cursor ( ) ; // will only check for 'ready' scripts to be executed } // called when a script has finished executing function chain_script_executed ( script_obj , chain_group ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_msg ( "script execution finished: " + script_obj . real_src ) ; script_obj . ready = script_obj . finished = true ; script_obj . exec_trigger = null ; // check if chain group is all finished for ( var i = 0 ; i < chain_group . scripts . length ; i ++ ) { if ( ! chain_group . scripts [ i ] . finished ) return ; } // chain_group is all finished if we get this far chain_group . finished = true ; advance_exec_cursor ( ) ; } // main driver for executing each part of the chain function advance_exec_cursor ( ) { if ( chain_is_corked ) return ; while ( exec_cursor < chain . length ) { if ( is_func ( chain [ exec_cursor ] ) ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_msg ( "$LAB.wait() executing: " + chain [ exec_cursor ] ) ; try { chain [ exec_cursor ++ ] ( ) ; } catch ( err ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_error ( "$LAB.wait() error caught: " , err ) ; } continue ; } else if ( ! chain [ exec_cursor ] . finished ) { if ( check_chain_group_scripts_ready ( chain [ exec_cursor ] ) ) continue ; break ; } exec_cursor ++ ; } // we've reached the end of the chain (so far) if ( exec_cursor == chain . length ) { scripts_currently_loading = false ; group = false ; } } // setup next chain script group function init_script_chain_group ( ) { if ( ! group || ! group . scripts ) { chain . push ( group = { scripts : [ ] , finished : true } ) ; } } // API for $LAB chains chainedAPI = { // start loading one or more scripts script : function ( ) { for ( var i = 0 ; i < arguments . length ; i ++ ) { ( function ( script_obj , script_list ) { var splice_args ; if ( ! is_array ( script_obj ) ) { script_list = [ script_obj ] ; } for ( var j = 0 ; j < script_list . length ; j ++ ) { init_script_chain_group ( ) ; script_obj = script_list [ j ] ; if ( is_func ( script_obj ) ) script_obj = script_obj ( ) ; if ( ! script_obj ) continue ; if ( is_array ( script_obj ) ) { // set up an array of arguments to pass to splice() splice_args = [ ] . slice . call ( script_obj ) ; // first include the actual array elements we want to splice in splice_args . unshift ( j , 1 ) ; // next, put the `index` and `howMany` parameters onto the beginning of the splice-arguments array [ ] . splice . apply ( script_list , splice_args ) ; // use the splice-arguments array as arguments for splice() j -- ; // adjust `j` to account for the loop's subsequent `j++`, so that the next loop iteration uses the same `j` index value continue ; } if ( typeof script_obj == "string" ) script_obj = { src : script_obj } ; script_obj = merge_objs ( script_obj , { ready : false , ready_cb : chain_script_ready , finished : false , finished_cb : chain_script_executed } ) ; group . finished = false ; group . scripts . push ( script_obj ) ; do_script ( chain_opts , script_obj , group , ( ( can_use_preloading && scripts_currently_loading ) || chain_is_corked ) ) ; scripts_currently_loading = true ; if ( chain_opts [ _AlwaysPreserveOrder ] ) chainedAPI . wait ( ) ; } } ) ( arguments [ i ] , arguments [ i ] ) ; } return chainedAPI ; } , // force LABjs to pause in execution at this point in the chain, until the execution thus far finishes, before proceeding wait : function ( ) { if ( arguments . length > 0 ) { for ( var i = 0 ; i < arguments . length ; i ++ ) { chain . push ( arguments [ i ] ) ; } group = chain [ chain . length - 1 ] ; } else group = false ; advance_exec_cursor ( ) ; return chainedAPI ; } , cork : function ( ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_msg ( "$LAB.cork()" ) ; chain_is_corked = true ; return chainedAPI ; } , uncork : function ( ) { if ( chain_opts [ _Debug ] ) log_msg ( "$LAB.uncork()" ) ; if ( chain_is_corked ) { chain_is_corked = false ; advance_exec_cursor ( ) ; } return chainedAPI ; } } ; // the first chain link API (includes `setOptions` only this first time) return { script : chainedAPI . script , wait : chainedAPI . wait , cork : chainedAPI . cork , uncork : chainedAPI . uncork , setOptions : function ( opts ) { merge_objs ( opts , chain_opts ) ; return chainedAPI ; } } ; } // API for each initial $LAB instance (before chaining starts) instanceAPI = { // main API functions setGlobalDefaults : function ( opts ) { merge_objs ( opts , global_defaults ) ; return instanceAPI ; } , setOptions : function ( ) { return create_chain ( ) . setOptions . apply ( null , arguments ) ; } , script : function ( ) { return create_chain ( ) . script . apply ( null , arguments ) ; } , wait : function ( ) { return create_chain ( ) . wait . apply ( null , arguments ) ; } , cork : function ( ) { return create_chain ( ) . cork . apply ( null , arguments ) ; } , // built-in queuing for $LAB `script()` and `wait()` calls // useful for building up a chain programmatically across various script locations, and simulating // execution of the chain queueScript : function ( ) { queue [ queue . length ] = { type : "script" , args : [ ] . slice . call ( arguments ) } ; return instanceAPI ; } , queueWait : function ( ) { queue [ queue . length ] = { type : "wait" , args : [ ] . slice . call ( arguments ) } ; return instanceAPI ; } , runQueue : function ( ) { var $L = instanceAPI , len = queue . length , i = len , val ; for ( ; -- i >= 0 ; ) { val = queue . shift ( ) ; $L = $L [ val . type ] . apply ( null , val . args ) ; } return $L ; } , // rollback `[global].$LAB` to what it was before this file was loaded, the return this current instance of $LAB noConflict : function ( ) { global . $LAB = _$LAB ; return instanceAPI ; } , // create another clean instance of $LAB sandbox : function ( ) { return create_sandbox ( ) ; } } ; return instanceAPI ; }
create a clean instance of $LAB
create a clean instance of $LAB