Speaking of SameValue,  it's unnecessary in many/most of the places it's
used in the spec. Like in IsEquivelentDescriptor the only comparison that
needs to use SameValue is comparing the [[Value]] field.


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <al...@wirfs-brock.com>wrote:

>
> On Dec 14, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Domenic Denicola wrote:
>
> From: es-discuss-boun...@mozilla.org [es-discuss-boun...@mozilla.org] on
> behalf of Nathan Wall [nathan.w...@live.com]
>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 13:34
>
>
> On another note, I do sort of wonder why `Number.isNaN` is coming into the
> language now at the same time as the `is` operator and `Object.is`.  It
> seems teaching people (and getting them to remember long-term) the nuances
> of `isNaN` and `Number.isNaN` will be more difficult than just teaching
> people to use `x is NaN` in ES6 or `Object.is(x, NaN)` in an ES3/5 + ES6
> shims environment.
>
>
> `is` operator is dead :( :( :(
>
> (Someone want to find a link to the minutes that killed it? I keep having
> to correct people on this.)
>
>
> I may be wrong, but I don't think it was ever formally killed by TC39.   I
> was discussed here where the consensus was to kill it, but I don't recall
> an actual discussion at a TC39 meeting.  That's why I haven't deleted the
> is operator from the draft yet.   It's something I keep intending to verify
> at a meeting, but it keeps getting lost in the weeds.
>
> BTW, I think there are probably other related issues that need to be
> discussed/resolved at that level.  For example, is SameValue really want we
> want for Map/Set equivalence (the -0 different from +0 issue), did we agree
> to parameterize the equivalance operator for Map/Set?,  and the question
> about the need for Number.isNaN if we have Object.is available.
>
>
> Allen
>
>
>
> There's not an `isNull` or `isUndefined`. The only reason `isNaN` was
> needed was because `===` didn't work with `NaN`, but `is` does.
>
>
> This is pretty reasonable, actually. The only argument I can see is that
> `array.filter(Number.isNaN)` is shorter than `array.filter(x => Object.is(x,
> NaN))`.
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