Counterintuitive native array methods behavior (.length > 2^32)
Michał Wadas
michalwadas at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 11:18:35 UTC 2015
Steps to reproduce:
let p = {
0: 'a',
1: 'b',
2: 'c',
length: Math.pow(2,32)+1
};
Array.prototype.forEach.call(p, (el)=>console.log(el)); // logs only 'a'
The cause of this behaviour is obvious for anyone that reads
specification - every native Array.prototype methods perform abstract
operation `ToUint32(this.length).
Anyway - this behaviour obviously counters intuition. I think it would
be totally OK to allow native methods to throw when .length > 2^32,
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