ES3.1 Object static methods rationale document

[Garrett Smith]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 16, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
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[snip]

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> 1) It seems like Object.clone as you have described it is not suitable
> for the "mixin" type use case where an object gets properties/methods
> from two others. Or at least, it only does half the job.
>

It seems like Object.clone might create compatibility with existing
code. There is already a widespread use of an Object.clone on the web.

Has this been considered?

Garrett

> Regards,
> Maciej