On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:53 PM Domenic Denicola <d...@domenic.me> wrote:
> Some previous discussion: [1] especiallly [2] > > In general I think this is a reasonable thing, but it requires a decent > bit more infrastructure to do things “safely”. For example, consider the > definition [3]. It's generic in its arguments, which I think is nice (but > does not fit with Web IDL---whatever). However, it's susceptible to author > code overriding Array.prototype.join. Similarly, [4] relies upon the > author-modifiable Math.max and Math.min, not to mention the > author-modifiable Math binding. > Yep. The correct way to use these is to normatively reference the Well-Known Intrinsic Objects Table[0] in ES2015, and cite any "extensions". This is how Ecma 402 and the new SIMD spec ensure object integrity when referring to built-ins. Rick [0] https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-well-known-intrinsic-objects
