On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Mark S. Miller <erig...@google.com> wrote:
> [...]The main reason for listing something in Annex B: > > * It is normative optional -- if the feature exists at all, it must > exist like so. > As the proposal says: Some of the elements of Annex B are safe and likely mandatory in practice, > independent of host environment: > > - escape and unescape > > > - Object.prototype.__proto__ > > > - String.prototype.substr > > > - The String.prototype methods defined in terms of the internal > CreateHTML: anchor, big, ..., sup > > > - Date.prototype.getYear and Date.prototype.setYear > > > - Date.prototype.toGMTString > > > - __proto__ Property Names in Object Initializers > > <http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-__proto__-property-names-in-object-initializers> > > Some of these are messy but none are unsafe or inherently stateful. I would welcome an investigation into which of these are in fact normative mandatory in practice, independent of host environments. For those, I would welcome proposals to move them into the main normative mandatory text. However, I do not have the energy to pursue that myself. Thanks. -- Cheers, --MarkM
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