mscdex on IRC pointed out that according to MDN docs<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/getPrototypeOf>, Object.getPrototypeOf() is read-only.
Well this appears to be incorrect for node.js: https://gist.github.com/superjoe30/6628842 my output: bar - new method foo - new implementation On Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:35:59 PM UTC-4, Andrew Kelley wrote: > > I'm sure this has been discussed before but I don't know where. > > Here are some facts: > > 1. Putting user data (and other kinds of data if you're not careful) > inside an object is a huge security problem. Domenic explains this quite > well in the readme of his dict module: https://github.com/domenic/dict > 2. Object.getPrototypeOf() is available as a perfect substitution for > __proto__. It does exactly what you want, without the security risk. > 3. Developers *will* use __proto__ if it is available, and they *will* put > user data in objects. > > Here is an opinion: > > DELETE IT FOREVER!! > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
