Peter Michaux wrote: > The following suggests (i.e. could be interpreted as) a false Boolean > object is a "truthy" value. > >> (new Boolean(false)) ? "a" : "b" > "a" > > The following suggests a false Boolean object is a "falsy" value > >> ((new Boolean(false)) == true) ? "a" : "b" > "b" > > I understand what is going on here but it seems like a bad state of affairs.
I think the problem is that wrapper objects exist at all, not any specific aspect of their semantics. There is no reason to have such wrappers in a language in which is is possible for a given variable to hold either a primitive value or an object reference. Programmers should simply avoid using them (except where they are created and immediately discarded as a result of calling a method on a primitive value). -- David-Sarah Hopwood _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
