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Clarify distinction between globalThis and the global object #44
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This also makes the motivation for the name "globalThis" more clear.
mathiasbynens
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Apr 18, 2019
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| ## HTML and the `WindowProxy` | |||
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| In HTML 5, the global object is separated into the `Window` and the `WindowProxy`. New attributes are set on the `Window`, but top-level this has the identity of the `WindowProxy`. The `WindowProxy` forwards all object operations to the underlying `Window`, but as the page changes, the global object maintains the same identity while the underlying `Window` is swapped out. | |||
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Side note: it's "HTML5", not "HTML 5". But it's 2019 so let's just call it "HTML".
ljharb
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Apr 18, 2019
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This also makes the motivation for the name "globalThis" more clear.