I read through Waldemar Horwat's Errata and did not find it here: http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/E262-3-errata.html
here's the spec, including errata: ================================================================ Every built-in function and every built-in constructor has the Function prototype object, which is the initial value of the expression Function.prototype (15.3.2.1), as the value of its internal [[Prototype]] property. Every built-in prototype object has the Object prototype object, which is the initial value of the expression Object.prototype (15.3.2.1), as the value of its internal [[Prototype]] property, except the Object prototype object itself. ================================================================ The first paragraph is correct. The second one is not. The problem is that Object.prototype is not found at 15.3.2.1. Instead, the link should be to 15.2.3.1 More... ================================================================ 15.3.4 Properties of the Function Prototype Object The Function prototype object is itself a Function object (its [[Class]] is "Function") that, when invoked, accepts any arguments and returns undefined. - 87 - The value of the internal [[Prototype]] property of the Function prototype object is the Object prototype object (15.3.2.1). ================================================================ Again, the link should be to 15.2.3.1 It makes it nearly useless when we see a link that does not have context: ================================================================ 15.11.6.4 SyntaxError Indicates that a parsing error has occurred. See 15.1.2.1, 15.3.2.1, 15.10.2.5, 15.10.2.9, 15.10.2.15, 15.10.2.19, and 15.10.4.1. ================================================================ That the spec is written the way it is, and does not use HTML or hyperlinks seems to make it harder to learn. A good example of a specification that uses hyperlinks effectively: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/j3TOC.html Other examples would be PHP.net or W3C Specifications (like HTML 4), although these are more aimed at developers. -- Programming is a collaborative art. _______________________________________________ Es4-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss
