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Object Class Smells Funky

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Wednesday, June 04, 2003 at 10:54 AM .

I always thought the Object Class was a bit odd. This explains the smell....

//use new
a = new Object('myString')
b = new Object(1)
c = new Object(true)
d = new Object(MovieClip)
e = new Object(_level0)
f = new Object()

//no new
g = Object('myString')
h = Object(1)
i = Object(true)
j = Object(MovieClip)
k = Object(_level0)
l = Object()

The last call above is very strange. If you call Object without any parameters, it returns an object with absolutely no properties at all (including __proto__). This object is just pure memory.

I will never look at Object the same way.

ted ;)