[Bug 24248] Inconsistency between WebIDL callback function default this and JS strict mode default this

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24248

Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen@wirfs-brock.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen@wirfs-brock.com> ---
(In reply to Nikhil from comment #0)
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/#es-invoking-callback-functions
> 
> When a JS callback is invoked, WebIDL specifies default `this` to be `null`,
> but JS strict mode functions require that `this` be `undefined`.

That isn't  exactly true. See step 1 of
http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-10.4.3 Strict mode
functions accept whatever is passed to them as a thisValue without modifying
it.

It's true that the function call operator
http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.2.3 passes undefined as
the thisValue (step 7.a) but other means of function invocation (the call/apply
functions) can pass null as the thisValue to a function.

BTW, I'm not arguing against the proposed change (I'm reserving judgement on
that), just saying that it isn't an ES requirement one way or the other.

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Received on Friday, 10 January 2014 00:25:35 UTC