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On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know why this is in a node discussion group. Obviously node is > not going to change V8. > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Tim Smart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Please don't, `__proto__` is great if not abused. Swapping out the >> prototype of >> an object is extremely useful. >> >> function MyEventEmitter () { >> EventEmitter.call(this) >> } >> MyEventEmitter.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype >> >> Extremely easy inheritance and you don't have to mess with the constructor >> property etc. Also allows you to do cool things with the default >> constructors >> without messing with their prototypes. >> >> var superArrayProto = { forEach : myCustomForEachFunction } >> superArrayProto.__proto__ = Array.prototype >> >> function makeSuperArray (arr) { >> arr.__proto__ = superArrayProto >> return arr >> } >> >> var superArray = makeSuperArray([]) >> (myCustomForEachFunction === superArray.forEach) // true >> >> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:35:59PM -0700, 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. >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
