On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Tim Down <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 17 May 2011 16:58, Dean Landolt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Angus Croll <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> IIRC typeof null -> "object" was a mistake - but too late to fix now due
> >> to backwards compatibility issues.
> >
> > Yes and no. It was a mistake, but it's not too late to fix. It's slated
> to
> > be fixed in the next version of js even though it can't be detected with
> > static analysis. It's that important to fix.
>
> Really? It seems no more than an inconvenience to me.
>

Well, *that important* to committee, at least. It's just a wart, sure, but
one with a special designation on /be's "five fingers of fate".

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