oops, I meant {base: 123.0, referenced name: "toFixed", strict: false} below
On Dec 18, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
>
> On Dec 18, 2012, at 10:42 AM, John J Barton wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to decode section 8.2.4
>> The Reference Specification Type
>>
>> I believe that it is trying to say
>> obj.prop = ...
>> obj is reference base
>> prop is reference name
>>
>> But base can also be Boolean, String, Number and env. record. I can't figure
>> out what a reference name means in these cases. I guess the |name| is only
>> relevant for Object, in which case the spec would be clearer if we called it
>> a |property key|, as in
>> GetReferencedPropertyKey(V). Returns the referenced property key component
>> of the reference V.
>>
>
>
> I'r all in 8.2.4.1 and 8.2.4.2 (GetValue/SetValue).
>
> Consider an expression like:
> 123.0.toFixed
>
> This evaluates to a Reference value {base: 0, referenced name: "toFixed",
> strict: false}
> (or strict is true if in strict code)
>
> GetValue/SetValue explicitly coerces primitive base values to Objects in
> order to do property lookup.
>
> In general, within the ES6 spec, the introduction of symbols as property keys
> introduces some confusion about the implications of the work "name". I'm
> slowly migrating some uses of "name" to "key". However, symbols doesn't seem
> to be the source of your problem here.
>
> Allen
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