On Apr 21, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Mark S. Miller wrote:
> Warning: The following is a sickening idea. I would really hate to see us do
> it. But I feel obliged to post it as it may in fact be the right thing to do.
>
>
>
> Given: Web reality drives us towards recognizing {...., __proto__: ....,
> ....} as special syntax for initializing [[Prototype]].
>
> Given: JSON demands that the "__proto__" in JSON.parse('{...., "__proto__":
> ...., ....}') not be treated as a special case, and causes just the normal
> [[DefineOwnProperty]].
>
> Given: Web reality does not make demands on the meaning of {....,
> "__proto__": ...., ....}
>
> Given: The ES5 JSON spec demands that JSON.parse('{...., __proto__: ....,
> ....}') be rejected as an error.
>
>
>
> This suggests that, in JS as well, the "__proto__" in {...., "__proto__":
> ...., ....} not be treated as a special case. Quoting it turns off the
> special treatment.
> \
I've seriously considered proposing this. It slightly complicates the
specification but all-in-all I think it might be a good idea.
Allen
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