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.
