Array methods applied to strings

[Brendan Eich]

On May 11, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Brendan Eich wrote:

> On May 11, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Mark S. Miller wrote:
>
>> [1] To the extent that we also wish to be compatible with
>> browser-specific content, since most browser instances are IE,
>
> Note that right now, as IE8 is pushed via Windows Update and takes  
> over IE7's share, Firefox 3 / Gecko 1.9 moves to the front of the  
> market share by "user-agent rendering engine" race.
>
> Of course, IE8 does not implement string indexing, so  
> Array.prototype.pop.call("abc") returns undefined in IE8. But it  
> does not throw.

Same for IE7 -- undefined result, no throw.

/be