Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
On Oct 1, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Brendan Eich wrote:
Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
Line 5.c.v is dealing with the ES5 requirement that "host objects" not reuse the listed [[Class]]
values for anything other than the specified built-ins. This version of toStrimg extends the spirit to that
restriction to all user or implementation defined tag values. It does this by prepending a "~" in
front of those values if they appear as a tag value. Note that ES5.1 includes "Object" in this
list so I also included it. But, I actually think it probably should be in the censored list.
This is weird.
ES5 wanted to help SES and similar languages use some kind of
original_Object_prototype_toString_call(anyObject).slice(8,-1)
and not be subject to spoofing.
Adding @@toStringTag to enable DOM self-hosting runs directly counter to this
goal.
Prefixing "~" to core-language built-in classes (save "Object"?) does not
resolve the conflict if there are spoofing hazards in other built-ins such as DOM objects as
typically implemented in browsers.
Mark, can you weigh in? I had not heard of this "~"-prefixing idea.
Let me try explaining this again,
No need to rehash.
Responding to my point about other legacy "tag tests" that are not
twiddled with "~" and so are possibly "invalidated" would be helpful.
*Why* are the core language names sacrosanct when tag-testing of other
class names is also potentially just as important, e.g., for SES?
The little quicks like the "~" prefix and the exception eating are simply what
is necessary
Not so fast there, Tex!
First, *something* is necessary for preserving certain names from being
spoofed and invalidating a tag-test, but we should agree on the names
and the reason for spoof-proofing exactly and only that set of names.
Second, eating exceptions does *not* follow from "what is necessary"
even if I agree with your set of names! Eating exceptions is bad on
principle. Why do you do it here? A host object might throw on attempt
to get a novel property name such as @@toStringTag but is that an actual
concern?
Also, I'm assuming the "???" strings are just place-holders. True?
to formalize this extensibility model while still preserving the behavior of
existing code that depends upon object.prototype.toString as a reliable mechanism
to test for instances of the ES<=5.1 built-ins.
Adding new internal method calls with novel ids might add new exception
throws. That's part of the package deal.
Implementors control their host objects in general and can tame any that
might throw on @@toStringTag [[Get]]. Suppose an implementation has a
bug where such a throw happens, for any reason (could be the novel
symbol property-name, or could be some other reason). Suppressing
prevents anyone (implementor, developer, us) from knowing what is going on.
I'm laboring over this because in JS1 I suppressed exceptions trying
toString and valueOf and that bit back. [[DefaultValue]] uses
ReturnIfAbrupt which propagates the abrupt completion rather than
dropping it on the floor.
/be
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