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Arguments object internal doc improvements

v1.0-maintenance
Sami Vaarala 10 years ago
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@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ does not happen in relevant cases and would require additional checks.
Exotic [[Get]] behavior
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A non-strict arguments object has a exotic ``[[Get]]`` implementation.
A non-strict arguments object has an exotic ``[[Get]]`` implementation.
This is unusual, because most exotic behaviors are defined through a
custom ``[[GetOwnProperty]]`` or ``[[DefineOwnProperty]``. Because
this exotic behavior operates at the ``[[Get]]`` level, it affects
@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ Then:
Note that this behavior is only defined for a non-strict arguments
object (i.e. arguments object created for a non-strict callee), and
protects the ``caller`` property from being read, if the caller is
strict.
strict. Quite oddly, if the function has no formal parameters, it
gets no "parameter map" and also doesn't get the exotic ``[[Get]]``
behavior for ``caller``!
However, the ``caller`` property *can* be read through e.g.
``Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()`` (which uses

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