Re: Expression for the global object

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From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
>>What is the smallest scope- and host-independent expression
>>whose value is the global object?
>
> Function("return this")()

How does that help?  The identifier Function is looked-up like any
other.

-- 
Ben.

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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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