On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock
<[email protected]>wrote:
> ...
>
> 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.
>
No, indeed. The source of my problem was to much C-heritage: I could not
imagine 123.0.toFixed(). (Plus that could not be the explanation since I've
not been able to understand any of the discussion about the mysterious
'symbols' ;-)
Thanks,
jjb
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