1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ast.js b/lib/ast.js
index 0fa48e28..1a291e31 100644
--- a/lib/ast.js
+++ b/lib/ast.js
@@ -498,12 +498,6 @@ var AST_Try = DEFNODE("Try", "bcatch bfinally", {
     }
 }, AST_Block);
 
-// XXX: this is wrong according to ECMA-262 (12.4).  the catch block
-// should introduce another scope, as the argname should be visible
-// only inside the catch block.  However, doing it this way because of
-// IE which simply introduces the name in the surrounding scope.  If
-// we ever want to fix this then AST_Catch should inherit from
-// AST_Scope.
 var AST_Catch = DEFNODE("Catch", "argname", {
     $documentation: "A `catch` node; only makes sense as part of a `try` statement",
     $propdoc: {
@@ -515,7 +509,7 @@ var AST_Catch = DEFNODE("Catch", "argname", {
             walk_body(this, visitor);
         });
     }
-}, AST_Block);
+}, AST_Scope);
 
 var AST_Finally = DEFNODE("Finally", null, {
     $documentation: "A `finally` node; only makes sense as part of a `try` statement"