On 25/11/2010, at 03:12, RobG wrote: > On Nov 24, 9:48 pm, Jorge Chamorro <[email protected]> wrote: >> Quoting Mr. Brendan Eich, here, FYI : >> >> "The ECMAScript global object is not on the prototype chain of some other >> (Window) really-global object. The two are the same (which means Window must >> not be a "host object" in ES5 terms; see 8.6.2). ECMA-262 requires builtins >> such as parseInt and eval to be "own" properties of the global object >> (|this| in global code, AKA |window| and |self| in browsers)." > > There is no point to quoting comments out of context with no link or > citation.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-script-coord/2010OctDec/0090.html > Window will be a built-in object when it is defined as such > in some version of ECMA-262 (it is not in either ed3 or ed5). Until > then, it is, by definition, a host object. The global object "is not required to follow many basic ECMAScript rules, such as the result of a typeof test" ? (that's exactly why IEs must die) > Any further discussion should be in comp.lang.javascript. You should > take the advice offered there and just let it go. c.l.js... don't even get me started. -- Jorge. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en.
