archives

« Bugzilla Issues Index

#109 — 9.12 The SameValue Algorithm may have an error

• bug_id: 109
• creation_ts: 2011-06-15 09:05:00 -0700
• short_desc: 9.12 The SameValue Algorithm may have an error
• delta_ts: 2012-01-05 13:00:16 -0800
• product: Draft for 6th Edition
• component: technical issue
• version: Initial draft July 12, 2011
• rep_platform: All
• op_sys: All
• bug_status: RESOLVED
• resolution: FIXED
• bug_severity: normal
• everconfirmed: true
• reporter: nobuoka
• assigned_to: Allen Wirfs-Brock

---

• commentid: 232
• comment_count: 0
• who: nobuoka
• bug_when: 2011-06-15 09:05:56 -0700

The spec says : "Return true if x and y refer to the same object." (Step 7 in 9.12)
However, I think x and y are members of type Object (because "x and y are ECMAScript language values" and if they are not objects it is impossible to reach step 7), so I don't understand why each of them (= x or y) refers an object.
The statement, "Return true if x and y refer to the same object," is wrong, isn't it? I think the correct statement is "Return true if x and y are the same object."

---

• commentid: 539
• comment_count: 1
• who: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• bug_when: 2012-01-05 13:00:16 -0800

Eliminated "reference" implication and replaced with "Object value" language.

Made similar changes in 11.9.1 Abstract Equality and Strict Equality comparison algorithms

corrected in rev. 5