ES3.1 Object static methods rationale document

Wed Jul 16 00:09:23 PDT 2008

On Jul 15, 2008, at 11:50 PM, Brendan Eich wrote:

> * getProperty and getProperties seem misnamed in light of common  
> usage of "get", "[[Get]]", "getProperty", etc. all connoting value- 
> getting, not descriptor-getting. getPropertyDescriptor is a bit  
> long, but not fatally so. Worth renaming?

Shorter alternative verbs to "get": lookup, query. The analogy is  
lookup : define :: get : put.

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