Subj : Re: Assigning to a nonexistent property
To   : Braden McDaniel
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Thu Dec 09 2004 09:34 pm

Braden McDaniel wrote:

>>  And ECMA by default does not seal 
>>objects, and stubs are for "most common" default cases.
> 
> 
> I didn't realize that wanting "instance.prop = foo" to be a no-op was a
> common case. Yeah... I bet that's not quite what you meant. I guess this
> is just how the machinery that propagates the call to a different
> property handler works? So why don't I eventually get a "object has no
> property 'prop'" error?

Right, no-op means let the assignment succeed, do not violate the PLA, 
do not go to jail. ;-)

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