setPrototypeOf vs obj.__proto__ assignment

[Allen Wirfs-Brock]

On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:22 AM, John Barton wrote:

> I was surprised to discover that in chrome at least this is valid:
>   var obj = {};
>   obj.__proto__ = undefined;
> but this throws
>    Object.setPrototypeOf(obj, undefined);
> 
> Is it intended?

Yes,  see the spec at http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-set-object.prototype.__proto__ 

It's that way because that's how __proto__ has always worked.

__proto__ is there for legacy compatibility.
setPrototypeOf should be preferred for new code

Allen
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