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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Expression for the global object
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 16:18:34 +0200
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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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