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Re: Expression for the global object

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From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

>   Function("{return this;}").call(null)

“.call(null)” is equivalent to “()” here.

> but it does not solve the original problem as the the identifier
> 'Function' is as unreliable as the original 'Math'.

That, too.

>> It seems to work in Rhino:
>> […]
> Yes, but rhino […], I think, follows version 3 of the language standard.

It implements _Edition_ 3, see the timeline in the ES Matrix.

> […]
> (Installing nodejs will give you a much more up-to-date ES environment,
> and one with very may more library modules.)

One capable of several ES 6 features by now.

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Re: Expression for the global object "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-28 13:49 -0700
  Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-28 22:59 +0200
    Re: Expression for the global object "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-29 07:24 -0700
      Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-29 17:24 +0200
        Re: Expression for the global object "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-30 06:07 -0700
          Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-30 15:20 +0200
            Re: Expression for the global object Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-30 11:23 -0300
              Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-30 19:05 +0200
  Re: Expression for the global object Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-29 15:30 +1000
    Re: Expression for the global object Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-29 12:25 +0100
      Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-29 13:33 +0200
        Re: Expression for the global object Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-29 21:50 +1000
          Re: Expression for the global object Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-29 14:57 +0100
            Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-31 16:18 +0200
  Re: Expression for the global object "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-29 07:31 -0700
    Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-30 15:25 +0200
  Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-30 18:56 +0200

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