On 21/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> var a;
> a= {};
> a instanceof Object //true
> a= [];
> a instanceof Array //true
> a='asdf';
> a instanceof String //false
> a= 7;
> a instanceof Number //false
>
> Why?Because those are primitives of type double and string respectively. They are not instances of any of the compound types Object, String or Number. Something silly that JavaScript inherited from Java that the world would be much better off without, but as I understand it won't be corrected because of real world compatibility problems. -- David "liorean" Andersson _______________________________________________ Es4-discuss mailing list Es4-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss
