> For what value of "global" should the "global" keyword be global? };->
I'm not sure if this is what Erik meant, but my intention was just that
there's a variable bound in the standard library called `global' that's
bound to the global object. The only reason I suggested the name
`global' was that the spec uses the terminology "the global object." But
there's nothing special about the variable; it can be shadowed like any
other variable.
I interpreted Erik's point to be that the binding of `this' is not
lexically scoped, so it would be useful to have a lexically scoped
variable initially bound to the global object. IOW, if I write:
this.print("blah blah blah")
and then I refactor the code to say:
(function() {
this.print("blah blah blah")
})()
it breaks. By contrast if I have a standard library binding `global'
that's bound to the same thing as `this' at the top level, then I can write:
global.print("blah blah blah")
and the same refactoring:
(function() {
global.print("blah blah blah")
})()
continues to work the same. But there's no need for a special keyword or
anything like that.
Dave
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