Re: "var" declarations shadowing properties from Window.prototype

Brandon Benvie wrote:
> An even more interesting scenario is something like `global.__proto__ 
> = Proxy.create(....)` 

Yes, I mentioned proxies on the global's proto-chain (and mutable 
__proto__) up-thread, here:

https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2012-August/024483.html

Quote: "We had problems with var being sensitive to the prototype chain, 
particularly with proxies prototyped in SpiderMonkey and mutable 
__proto__. These were arguably implementation bugs, though."

Older thread from January:

https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2012-January/019807.html

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Received on Sunday, 12 August 2012 19:36:24 UTC