diff --git a/IPython/html/static/services/contents.js b/IPython/html/static/services/contents.js
index cd04d49..aeff6af 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/services/contents.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/services/contents.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ define([
};
Contents.prototype.delete_file = function(name, path, options) {
- var error = options.error || function() {};
+ var error_callback = options.error || function() {};
var that = this;
var settings = {
processData : false,
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ define([
// TODO: update IPEP27 to specify errors more precisely, so
// that error types can be detected here with certainty.
if (xhr.status === 400) {
- error(new Contents.DirectoryNotEmptyError());
+ error_callback(new Contents.DirectoryNotEmptyError());
}
- error(utils.wrap_ajax_error(xhr, status, error));
+ error_callback(utils.wrap_ajax_error(xhr, status, error));
}
};
var url = this.api_url(path, name);