That's an ES5 change. With ES3, you can overwrite NaN, Infinity, and undefined. | Hacker News

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

login

ahoge on June 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: V8 Optimization Killers

That's an ES5 change. With ES3, you can overwrite NaN, Infinity, and undefined.

LunaSea on June 25, 2014 [–]

Only in strict mode I though no ?

ahoge on June 25, 2014 | [–]

Generally. Technically, it's a "breaking change".

As you can imagine, this didn't actually affect anyone.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact