How to modify the scope chain without `with` ?

[/#!/JoePea]

Seems like changing the global could lead to problems where a developer
might assumes certain globals but hey different ones, which imho could make
the use of globals even messier. I imagine you would like Angular's $scope
inheritance, which is sort of like what you want (
https://github.com/angular/angular.js/wiki/Understanding-Scopes).

/#!/JoePea
On Feb 16, 2016 9:10 AM, "/#!/JoePea" <joe at trusktr.io> wrote:

> But then, you might as well start using modules and properly scoping
> variables, as that will lend to much more readable code.
>
> (Sent again, wrong "from")
>
> /#!/JoePea
> On Feb 16, 2016 7:57 AM, "Coroutines" <coroutines at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Michał Wadas <michalwadas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 2016-02-16 15:51 GMT+01:00 Coroutines <coroutines at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> Having the ability to derive from "global" (only in Node) and
>> >> prepare an Object to run an function within as its global context
>> >> would be an invaluable ability. (imo)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > It seems like an obvious idea, but in fact it's almost impossible to
>> secure
>> > - consider `true.constructor.constructor("alert('XSS')")()`
>> > ECMAScript lacks secure sandbox that would work in every browser, but
>> such
>> > limited scope manipulation is totally useless as "secure sandbox".
>> >
>> > BTW, such limited scope manipulation is already possible, see how my
>> library
>> > works there -
>> >
>> https://github.com/Ginden/reflect-helpers/blob/master/tests/closures.js#L14
>> > (it heavily uses `eval`).
>> >
>> > Sending again because of wrong "to".
>> >
>>
>> Okay - different argument: if you can provide actual environment
>> inheritance you can avoid collisions assigning to the "global scope".
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