Re: "var" declarations shadowing properties from Window.prototype from Boris Zbarsky on 2012-08-12 (public-script-coord@w3.org from July to September 2012)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:02:45 -0400
To: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
CC: Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.com>, public-script-coord@w3.org, es-discuss@mozilla.org
Message-ID: <5027E1B5.4080300@mit.edu>

On 8/11/12 9:46 PM, Cameron McCormack wrote:
> 1. If we don't do that auto-forwarding, does Window.prototype still need
> to exist?  What should window.__proto__ be?

That's a good question.  What is it in current UAs?  At least some don't 
have a Window at all...

> 2. If Window.prototype still does exist, should it be empty?

EventTarget.prototype wouldn't be empty in any case, so for consistency 
if Window.prototype exists it should not be empty.  At least assuming 
EventTarget.prototype is on the proto chain at all.

-Boris

Received on Sunday, 12 August 2012 17:03:15 UTC