Editorial: Clean up Well-Known Intrinsic Objects table - #3881
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| <emu-clause id="sec-value-properties-of-the-global-object-infinity"> | ||
| <h1>Infinity</h1> | ||
| <p>The value of `Infinity` is *+∞*<sub>𝔽</sub> (see <emu-xref href="#sec-ecmascript-language-types-number-type"></emu-xref>). This property has the attributes { [[Writable]]: *false*, [[Enumerable]]: *false*, [[Configurable]]: *false* }.</p> | ||
| <p>The initial value of the *"Infinity"* property of the global object is *+∞*<sub>𝔽</sub> (see <emu-xref href="#sec-ecmascript-language-types-number-type"></emu-xref>).</p> |
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I don't quite like it but "initial value" is used for non-writable non-configurable properties all over the place. Potential for future cleanup.
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I think I was one of those worried about visual noise, but it actually does not look bad :)
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Closes #3836.
When we discussed this there was skepticism about using strings for the Global Name column due to the amount of visual noise but ultimately I prefer it over the monospace rendering because property names are represented as strings across the spec. Monospace rendering works best for informal mention of functions in prose IMO.
There's little precedent but at least https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-common-iteration-interfaces contains tables with property names in a similar fashion.
We could possibly use this column to replace the hand-wavy
Let name be the String value of the property name.inSetDefaultGlobalBindingsin the future (but might have to introduce a third table for the value properties to do so).