github at esdiscuss.org (2013-07-12T02:26:56.933Z)
"a principle or rule established in a previous case": [precedent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precedent)
I should not be here and I will not answer, just my last attempt trying to make a point.
Please consider the main developer behind node.js agrees this property should never land in JS as it's a minefield game specially when security and server side stuff is involved.
Current status: https://gist.github.com/WebReflection/5370050
```js
// all IE < 10 browsers
if (!('__proto__' in {})) {
console.log('you gonna have hard time');
}
// all Mobile WebKit browsers
if ('__proto__' in Object.create(null)) {
console.log('you gonna have hard time');
}
// all not so updated Chrome browsers plus many mobile browsers
if (!Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Object.prototype, '__proto__').configurable) {
console.log('you gonna have hard time');
}
// all updated Chrome browsers plus current node.js
if (!Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Object.prototype, '__proto__').set) {
console.log('you gonna have hard time');
}
```
now ask yourself how good is for the web to promote early adoption of
broken ideas so that the whole future of the language will get screwed.
I think it's called **Butterfly Effect**, and once again this is the best
time ever to officially drop that property instead of promoting it!
P.S. all the community needed/wanted, wasn't a shame like that property in
the `Object.prototype` but a way to subclass or swap class to native,
untouchable, instances/constructors such NodeList and all non ArrayLike
objects: **nothing else**, really!
`Object.setPrototypeOf(obj, proto):obj` is a way better answer for next JS
"a principle or rule established in a previous case": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precedent I should not be here and I will not answer, just my last attempt trying to make a point. Please consider the main developer behind node.js agrees this property should never land in JS as it's a minefield game specially when security and server side stuff is involved. Current status: https://gist.github.com/WebReflection/5370050 // all IE < 10 browsers *if* (*!*('__proto__' *in* {})) { console.log('you gonna have hard time'); } // all Mobile WebKit browsers *if* ('__proto__' *in* Object.create(*null*)) { console.log('you gonna have hard time'); } // all not so updated Chrome browsers plus many mobile browsers *if* (*!*Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Object.prototype, '__proto__').configurable) { console.log('you gonna have hard time'); } // all updated Chrome browsers plus current node.js *if* (*!*Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Object.prototype, '__proto__').set) { console.log('you gonna have hard time'); } now ask yourself how good is for the web to promote early adoption of broken ideas so that the whole future of the language will get screwed. I think it's called **Butterfly Effect**, and once again this is the best time ever to officially drop that property instead of promoting it! P.S. all the community needed/wanted, wasn't a shame like that property in the `Object.prototype` but a way to subclass or swap class to native, untouchable, instances/constructors such NodeList and all non ArrayLike objects: **nothing else**, really! `Object.setPrototypeOf(obj, proto):obj` is a way better answer for next JS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/attachments/20130412/600a0161/attachment.html>