I think you may have mixed up a few things:

1. JSON does not recognize '__proto__' per its unchanging spec, and so 
parsing that identifier makes an own data property.

2. var obj = {__proto__: proto}; is a special form, unlike any other 
identifier __proto__ as the literal property name does assign (set) not 
a define.

3. Annex B.2.2.1 defines an accessor on Object.prototype, which if 
unshadowed will be got or set when used by name on objects that actually 
delegate to Object.prototype. It's also delete-able (configurable), 
important for SES and the like.

/be

> Andrea Giammarchi <mailto:andrea.giammarchi at gmail.com>
> October 14, 2013 1:53 PM
>  `JSON` serialization <=  `JSON` parse
>
>
>
> Andrea Giammarchi <mailto:andrea.giammarchi at gmail.com>
> October 14, 2013 1:53 PM
> Then I might have confused what decided with `JSON` serialization 
> where `"__proto__"` will be a property and not a setter, neither a 
> getter once deserialized.
>
> Is this correct? Yeah, I remember that different accessors looked 
> weird to me too ... thanks for clarification.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> Brendan Eich <mailto:brendan at mozilla.com>
> October 14, 2013 1:43 PM
>
> What you just wrote is not true of __proto__ in SpiderMonkey or other 
> engines I can test (V8, JSC).
>
> It also can't be true via ES6 Annex B, since obj[key] and obj.foo 
> where key = 'foo' both lookup prototype properties and will find 
> Object.prototype.foo.
>
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> Andrea Giammarchi <mailto:andrea.giammarchi at gmail.com>
> October 14, 2013 1:32 PM
> I meant that IIRC `obj["__proto__"]` should not invoke that Annex B 
> specified getter (@Benjamin, Annex B is where you'll find everything 
> related indeed) but `obj.__proto__` will ... unless once again I've 
> missed some update.
>
> Yeah, I know that you link stuff, and glad you made some time for 
> extra clarification.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Brendan Eich <mailto:brendan at mozilla.com>
> October 14, 2013 1:22 PM
> Andrea Giammarchi wrote:
>> __Current Status__
>
> (Thanks for the dunders! :-P)
>
>> Instead of formalizing its form, ES6 accepted `Object.setPrototypeOf` 
>> as described in specs and decided to silently move beside, but still 
>> have in specs, the dunder `__proto__` form, fixing at least a couple 
>> of related gotchas so that:
>>
>>   * unless explicitly set as property, `__proto__` is a named 
>> property for every object that should not affect inheritance so that 
>> `obj["__proto__"]` or `obj[key]` where `key` is the string 
>> `"__proto__"` should not hot/swap the prototypal chain
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here, but first, __proto__ is not specified 
> in ES6 drafts as an own property. See
>
> http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-B.2.2.1
>
>
>   B.2.2.1
>   <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-object.prototype.__proto__>
>   Object.prototype.__proto__
>
> Object.prototype.__proto__ is an accessor property with attributes { 
> [[Enumerable]]: false, [[Configurable]]: true }. The [[Get]] and 
> [[Set]] attributes are defined as follows
>
>
>   B.2.2.1.1
>   <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-get-object.prototype.__proto__>
>   get Object.prototype.__proto__
>
> The value of the [[Get]] attribute is a built-in function that 
> requires no arguments. It performs the following steps:
>
>  1. Let /O/ be the result of calling ToObject
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-toobject>
>     passing the *this* value as the argument.
>  2. ReturnIfAbrupt
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-returnifabrupt>(/O/).
>  3. Return the result of calling the [[GetPrototypeOf]] internal
>     method of /O/.
>
>
>   B.2.2.1.2
>   <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-set-object.prototype.__proto__>
>   set Object.prototype.__proto__
>
> The value of the [[Set]] attribute is a built-in function that takes 
> an argument proto. It performs the following steps:
>
>  1. Let /O/ be CheckObjectCoercible
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-checkobjectcoercible>(*this*
>     value)/./
>  2. ReturnIfAbrupt
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-returnifabrupt>(/O/).
>  3. If Type
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-ecmascript-data-types-and-values>(/proto/)
>     is neither Object or Null, then return /proto/.
>  4. If Type
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-ecmascript-data-types-and-values>(/O)/
>     is not Object, then return /proto/.
>  5. Let /status/ be the result of calling the [[SetPrototypeOf]]
>     internal method of /O/ with argument /proto/.
>  6. ReturnIfAbrupt
>     <http://people.mozilla.org/%7Ejorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-returnifabrupt>(/status/).
>  7. If /status/ is *false*, then throw a *TypeError* exception.
>  8. Return /proto/.
>
>
>
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I think you may have mixed up a few things:

1. JSON does not recognize `'__proto__'` per its unchanging spec, and so 
parsing that identifier makes an own data property.

2. `var obj = {__proto__: proto};` is a special form, unlike any other 
identifier `__proto__` as the literal property name does assign (set) not 
a define.

3. Annex B.2.2.1 defines an accessor on `Object.prototype`, which if 
unshadowed will be got or set when used by name on objects that actually 
delegate to `Object.prototype`. It's also delete-able (configurable), 
important for SES and the like.