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#4206 — 25.2.4: 'name' property omitted from GeneratorInstance

• bug_id: 4206
• creation_ts: 2015-03-23 08:44:00 -0700
• short_desc: 25.2.4: 'name' property omitted from GeneratorInstance
• delta_ts: 2015-04-03 12:35:36 -0700
• product: Draft for 6th Edition
• component: technical issue
• version: Rev 36: March 17, 2015 Release Candidate 3
• rep_platform: All
• op_sys: All
• bug_status: RESOLVED
• resolution: FIXED
• priority: Normal
• bug_severity: enhancement
• everconfirmed: true
• reporter: mike
• assigned_to: Allen Wirfs-Brock

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• commentid: 13922
• comment_count: 0
• who: mike
• bug_when: 2015-03-23 08:44:11 -0700

25.2.4 describes exactly two properties of GeneratorFunction instances: 'length', and 'prototype'. It does not describe a 'name' property.

The spec introduces a `name` property for Function instances, and I can see no reason for GeneratorFunction instances to not also define this property. Additionally, the change log for Revision 20 (October 28, 2013) states:

> Added name property for functions created via function/generator/class
> declarations or binding initializers and assignment.

...but the change markup for that revision [1] only introduces the `name` property for Function instances (not GeneratorFunction instances).

[1] http://wiki.ecmascript.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?id=harmony%3Aspecification_drafts&cache=cache&media=harmony:working_draft_ecma-262_edition_6_10-28-13-rev20markup.pdf

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• commentid: 14010
• comment_count: 1
• who: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• bug_when: 2015-04-02 06:43:27 -0700

fixed in rev37 editor's draft

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• commentid: 14084
• comment_count: 2
• who: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• bug_when: 2015-04-03 12:35:36 -0700

In Rev37