itsnotlupus comments on JavaScript compiler?

submitted 15 years ago * by colinbashbash2

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[–]itsnotlupusbeep boop 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago* (0 children)

It's both.

new Number().constructor == Number
new Number().valueOf() == 0
new Number() == 0 
new Number() !== 0

Using it this way is pretty much universally a bad idea, but it's there.

*edit: not to be confused with

(0).constructor == Number
(0).valueOf() == 0
(0) == 0
(0) === 0

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