Ariel forget it, I posted a silly code since in that way of course I am redefining undefined variable, while null is not redefinable :-)
if (!Object.prototype[key]) I am thinking if var o = {}, key; and in the loop if (!(key in o)) ... should work faster ... or maybe not ? On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Ariel Flesler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed. undefined works, null doesn't. > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Andrea Giammarchi < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Will it speed up? >> >> Object.tainted = function(){ >> for(undefined in{}) >> return true; >> return false; >> }; >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Ariel Flesler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I think the same. I think the env is tainted if you ADD a new >>> method. Of course modifying String.prototype.split would also taint it but I >>> don't think anyone will do that w/o making it backwards compatible to the >>> native method. >>> >>> The main concern, I think, is perfomance. I'd like to see some benchmarks >>> (can't get into that myself right now). >>> If someone wants my benchmarker, feel free to use. >>> >>> As a small note, I'd save Object.prototype into a local var inside >>> jQuery's scope. That should boost the speed a bit. >>> It's [local var] vs [global var + attribute] on each iteration. >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:08 PM, John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> > alert(Object.tainted()); // false >>>> > alert({}); // wof wof >>>> >>>> I think we're ok with that case - since we only want to prevent jQuery >>>> from breaking when the Object.prototype is manipulated (diddling with >>>> the Object.prototype.toString method would be weird, but it wouldn't >>>> affect how jQuery works, I wouldn't think). >>>> >>>> --John >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ariel Flesler >>> http://flesler.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Ariel Flesler > http://flesler.blogspot.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---