point of views I guess, you could fix forever the inconsistency via
```js
Number.prototype[Symbol.hasInstance] = function () {
return typeof this.valueOf() === 'number';
};
```
and fix String, Boolean, Symbol too (why not) and whatever else.
`instanceof` is the new `typeof` ^_^ (naa, just joking)
Best Regards
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Bradley Meck <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Yes, with regards to O being an Object.
>
> This seems a bit strange to me since things like:
>
> ```
> Number.prototype.toString = function () {return 'overriden';}
>
> (1)+'' // "1"
>
>
> String(1) // "1"
>
> (1).toString() // "overriden"
> ```
>
> Implicit string coercion does not box the object.
> String constructor does not box the object.
>
> Only the `.` operator which requires an Object boxes the object.
>
> `instanceof` works on non-objects but I think is the only case of an
> operator working on both primitives and objects causing boxing.
>
> Is there a reason constructors could/should be allowed to override
> `instanceof` for primitives? This just seems odd to have this cause boxing
> while `1 instanceof Number` is `false`.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-instanceofoperator
>>> calls GetMethod on C without checking if it is an Object, this means `1
>>> instanceof Foo` could be affected by mutating
>>> `Number.prototype[Symbol.hasInstance]`.
>>>
>>
>> I assume you mean "without checking if O is an object"
>>
>>
>>> I am assuming this is unintended?
>>>
>>
>> IIUC the point of @@hasInstance is to allow the programmer to define
>> completely arbitrary semantics for "instanceof" when applied to "C", even
>> if C is a built-in. Do you see a problem with this behavior?
>>
>>
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