On Jan 17, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Domenic Denicola wrote:

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> On Jan 17, 2015, at 12:31, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen at wirfs-brock.com> wrote:
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>> If the enclosing function is invoked as a call expression the value of  `new.target` is null
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> Just curious, why null instead of undefined?

null is used to indicate no [[Prototype]], so it seem to me to be a better match for this situation.

If practice, I suspect that a truthy test will usually be applied, so it doesn't make much difference.

Alen

On Jan 17, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Domenic Denicola wrote:


> Just curious, why null instead of undefined?

null is used to indicate no [[Prototype]], so it seem to me to be a better match for this situation.

If practice, I suspect that a truthy test will usually be applied, so it doesn't make much difference.