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Object.prototype should be an immutable prototype exotic object

See original GitHub issue

You should not be able to change its prototype with Object.setPrototypeOf, __proto__, or any other means. See also: https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/308.

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Created 8 years ago
Comments:11 (7 by maintainers)

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bterlsoncommented, Apr 26, 2016

I believe @ljharb was mistaken - it should be a TypeError in all modes. He confirms this in his most recent comment.

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dilijevcommented, Apr 26, 2016

Okay, thanks for your patience in bringing me up to speed, here. 😃

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