Unable to open/close webview console after naming a variable "parent"

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Problem description:
Apparently, creating a variable with the name “parent”, a pretty common variable name, in a HTML, CSS, JS Repl causes the webview console to not be able to open/close.

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Expected behavior:
Console should be able to open/close

Actual behavior:
Console does not open/close

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Name a variable “parent” in the global scope
  2. Try opening or closing the console.
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Adding on to this, the replit console often errors while trying to display an error…

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Looking into this. FYI, the console is known to be unstable and is being looked into at this point.

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Coding on iOS Safari—now that’s a hustle right there!

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Yep! The mobile app is going to be a much better experience than the web app over all.

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Isn’t window.parent a reference to the parent window? Replit is probably referencing parent without explitly specifying window.parent

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