Allen,
The host vs. native distinction has long bothered me as well. Thanks
for a particularly lucid explanation. In the next edition of the spec,
perhaps you could go further and eliminate the use of the word host
altogether, leaving you with only native objects and non-native objects.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:16 PM, David Flanagan da...@davidflanagan.comwrote:
Allen,
The host vs. native distinction has long bothered me as well. Thanks for a
particularly lucid explanation. In the next edition of the spec, perhaps
you could go further and eliminate the use of the word
On 7/22/10, Mark S. Miller erig...@google.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:16 PM, David Flanagan
da...@davidflanagan.comwrote:
Allen,
The host vs. native distinction has long bothered me as well. Thanks for
a
particularly lucid explanation. In the next edition of the spec, perhaps
-Original Message-
From: Mark S. Miller [mailto:erig...@google.com]
...
Is the following one of those cases:
The value of the [[Class]] internal property of a host object
may be any String value except one of Arguments, Array,
Boolean, Date, Error, Function, JSON, Math, Number,
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock
allen.wirfs-br...@microsoft.com wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Mark S. Miller [mailto:erig...@google.com]
...
Is the following one of those cases:
The value of the [[Class]] internal property of a host object
may be any
, July 17, 2010 12:54 PM
To: Garrett Smith
Cc: es5-disc...@mozilla.org; es-discuss
Subject: Re: [[Class]] Property of Host Object
In short, I largely agree with you about the language in the ES5 spec text. My
interpretation of that text derives in large part from my memories of the
conversations
...@mozilla.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark S. Miller
*Sent:* Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:54 PM
*To:* Garrett Smith
*Cc:* es5-disc...@mozilla.org; es-discuss
*Subject:* Re: [[Class]] Property of Host Object
In short, I largely agree with you about the language in the ES5 spec text.
My interpretation
for that kind of object.
Allen
From: Mark S. Miller [mailto:erig...@google.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 9:52 AM
To: Allen Wirfs-Brock
Cc: Garrett Smith; es5-disc...@mozilla.org; es-discuss
Subject: Re: [[Class]] Property of Host Object
Hi Allen, that answers the must is be a String? issue, thanks
On 7/18/10, Allen Wirfs-Brock allen.wirfs-br...@microsoft.com wrote:
The more important issue is our intent regarding the definitions of
host and native objects.
First regarding, alert in IE. Historically it is what it is and nobody
should make any assumptions concerning the future based
-Original Message-
From: Garrett Smith [mailto:dhtmlkitc...@gmail.com]
I hope the same can be said for the bug related to catch clauses and scope in
IE9.
Bugs are for reporting and fixing...it's been reported but if you're ever
unsure it never hurts to report it via
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock
allen.wirfs-br...@microsoft.com wrote:
So essentially, they are two kinds of host objects: native host objects
and non-native host objects. The spec. doesn’t explicitly talk about native
host objects because their hostness is semantically
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Garrett Smith dhtmlkitc...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a question reqarding [[Class]] property as defined In ES5:
| The value of the [[Class]] internal property of a host object
| may be any String value except one of Arguments, Array,
| Boolean, Date, Error,
On 7/16/10, Mark S. Miller erig...@google.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Garrett Smith
dhtmlkitc...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a question reqarding [[Class]] property as defined In ES5:
| The value of the [[Class]] internal property of a host object
| may be any String value except
[+es5-discuss as a possible errata issue arises below]
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Garrett Smith dhtmlkitc...@gmail.comwrote:
On 7/16/10, Mark S. Miller erig...@google.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Garrett Smith
dhtmlkitc...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a question
On 7/17/10, Mark S. Miller erig...@google.com wrote:
[+es5-discuss as a possible errata issue arises below]
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Garrett Smith
dhtmlkitc...@gmail.comwrote:
On 7/16/10, Mark S. Miller erig...@google.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Garrett Smith
In short, I largely agree with you about the language in the ES5 spec text.
My interpretation of that text derives in large part from my memories of the
conversations that led up to it, and my sense of the intent we were trying
to capture. In the absence of that context, I would probably arrive at
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