Subj : Re: Array and [ ]
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?=
Date : Sun Jan 23 2005 03:53 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:
>> The production ArrayLiteral : [ Elision opt ] is evaluated as follows:
>> 1. Create a new array as if by the expression "new Array()"
> 
> 
> 
> The spec is unambiguous here.  Elsewhere, it talks about "the original 
> value of the Object.prototype property", or similar such words.  This 
> should be fixedd at some point, but I haven't managed to get the ECMA 
> TG1 group as a whole to go through the 
> http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/E262-3-errata.html yet, let alone 
> consider this question.

There is no entry about 11.1.4.

> Another way to fix things is to make Array readonly and permanent in the 
> global object (likewise all standard class constructors and other 
> predefined global properties).

If it is not specified as read only then making it read only means 
implementing a bug. There is no need to make it impossible to users to 
customize their Array constructor.

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