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| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: Expression for the global object |
| Date | 2015-05-31 16:12 +0200 |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
| Message-ID | <7546503.qSl4iIXIz1@PointedEars.de> (permalink) |
| References | <JavaScript-20150528222318@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <Function-20150531094321@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <87twuthx5h.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <5452925.Zt9fTqAOub@PointedEars.de> <87382cj1f5.fsf@bsb.me.uk> |
Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> (function () { return eval; })()("this")
In all respects equivalent to
eval("this")
which is equivalent to
this
which is why it does not return a reference to the global object, but the
“undefined” value, in strict function code that is not called as the method
of an object.
<http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-10.4.2>
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Re: Expression for the global object Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-31 11:14 +0100
Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-31 15:08 +0200
Re: Expression for the global object Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-31 14:56 +0100
Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-31 16:12 +0200
Re: Expression for the global object Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-31 15:57 +0100
Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-31 17:33 +0200
Re: Expression for the global object Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-31 16:41 +0100
Re: Expression for the global object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-31 16:21 +0200
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