LGTM On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 8:23 AM Adam Klein <ad...@chromium.org> wrote:
> This LGTM, based on the stage at TC39. > > It'd be nice if we knew more about other browser plans, given the history > here. Do you know if Firefox has plans to try again with this name anytime > soon? > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:24 AM 'Mathias Bynens' via v8-users < > v8-users@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Contact emails >> >> math...@chromium.org >> >> Spec >> >> https://tc39.github.io/proposal-global/ >> >> Summary >> >> A Stage 3 proposal introduces globalThis, enabling a universal mechanism >> to access the global object even in strict functions or modules, regardless >> of the platform. >> >> Motivation >> >> It is difficult to write portable ECMAScript code which accesses the >> global object. On the web, it is accessible as window or self or this or >> frames; on Node.js, it is global or this; among those, only this is >> available in a shell like V8's d8. In a standalone function call in >> sloppy mode, this works too, but it's undefined in modules or in strict >> mode within a function. In such contexts, the global object can still be >> accessed using Function('return this')(), but that form is incompatible >> with some CSP settings, such as within Chrome Apps. >> >> Interoperability and compatibility risk >> >> An earlier version of this proposal had a different name: global. Sadly, >> this name was found to be not Web-compatible when Firefox shipped it >> <https://github.com/tc39/proposal-global/issues/20>. After collaborating >> with other browsers vendors and looking at data on real-world use of >> JavaScript identifiers on the web, we believe the new name to be >> Web-compatible. >> >> Is this feature fully tested? >> >> Yes. In addition to V8's own tests (v8/test/mjsunit/harmony/global*.js), >> Test262 includes tests for this feature >> <https://github.com/tc39/test262/search?q=%22features%3A+%5BglobalThis%5D%22> >> . >> >> Tracking bug >> >> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=5537 >> >> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status dashboard >> >> https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6571514765770752 >> >> Requesting approval to ship? >> >> Yes. Note that since this is a V8/JS feature, this post is just an FYI to >> blink-dev — no signoff from Blink API owners is required. >> >> -- >> -- >> v8-users mailing list >> v8-users@googlegroups.com >> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "v8-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > v8-users@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-users mailing list v8-users@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
