On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Benjamin (Inglor) Gruenbaum <mailto:[email protected]> >> October 14, 2013 1:33 PM >> >> __Thanks__ ! This is really above and beyond what I could have asked for. >> > > Beware that what Andreas wrote about __proto__ in ES6 was not accurate. > > > I really wish there was an easy way to search the list like tags. I've >> been reading for a while but when I want to bring up, learn more about or >> discuss things - not being able to search really sucks. It makes me want to >> avoid things because I know how frustrating repetition can be. >> > > There is also http://esdiscuss.org/ -- give it a try. Follow @esdiscuss > (Domenic runs it) on twitter too! > > > My opinion is probably a bit radical (not sure how many people here agree >> with it), feel free to skip it as it's probably more of a rant :P >> >> No, honestly - don't read it. It's repeating things that have probably >> been said here before but I couldn't find (well, other than Branden >> > > "Brendan" > > > here https://mail.mozilla.org/**pipermail/es-discuss/2010-** >> April/010917.html<https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2010-April/010917.html>). >> >> > * it's widely available across all mobile and modern desktop browsers >> >> So is `with` but that still doesn't work in strict mode. >> > > Yes, but (or perhaps "and in part, therefore") too few user strict mode. > > You are talking about apples to oranges. Excluding 'with' from ES5 strict > leaves 'with' in the default-mode language. ES6 is not a new "mode" (1JS). > We cannot make __proto__ go away by turning a blind eye toward it. > > Our duty as a standards body includes specifying de-facto standards which > browsers must implement to interop. __proto__ is one such. > > Do you mean more then inclusion in Annex B? http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-other-additional-featuresThe committee and community made the right move to go with Object.setPrototypeOf(). Rick
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