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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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John G Harris wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 at 19:48:36, in comp.lang.javascript, Thomas
> 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> John G Harris wrote:
>>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>> Andreas Bergmaier wrote:
>>>>> And what do you mean with "it has parameters"? Attaching a function
>>>>> without parameters, or attaching a non-function property would be OK?
>>>> He is confusing this with Object.prototype.equals(obj1, obj2),
>>> It's not me that's confused. You attached the function to Object, a
>>> constructor. That is what I was commenting on.
>> In order to save yourself from further embarassment, you really want to
>> have at least a look at the ECMAScript Language Specification, Edition 5
>> Final, before further commenting on the programming that is on-topic
>> here.
> 
> You really do need to learn to provide a reasoned explanation instead of
> abusive hot air.

You appear to have a serious reading problem.

>>>> which would be a rather bad idea indeed, for two reasons:
>>>>
>>>> First, it would show up in for-in iteration as it would be enumerable
>>>> (and it remains to be seen how widely Object.defineProperty() is
>>>> implemented, so that this can be prevented).
>>>>
>>>> Second, the conflict between the `this' value and one of the arguments
>>>> needs to be resolved: Which value refers to the object being compared
>>>> against?
>>>   <snip>
>>>
>>> There is no conflict. Which values are to be compared is resolved by the
>>> function's specification. You do have one, don't you? From the displayed
>>> code it appears to be obj1 and obj2; the this value is not used.
>>
>> I was talking about the other way to implement this,
>> Object.prototype.equals(), in that paragraph, as can be seen further
>> above. Assuming it would be implemented that way,
>>
>>  Object.prototype.equals = function(obj1, obj2) {
>>    …
>>  };
>    <snip>
> 
> What a bloody awful thing to do.

You definitely have a serious reading problem, and one with quoting, too.  
Go away.


PointedEars
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who don't know javascript. People who don't know javascript are not
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