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Timothy Gu authored
Before ES2015, the ES spec had a [[Class]] internal slot for all objects, which Object.prototype.toString() would use to figure the returned string. Post-ES2015, the [[Class]] slot was removed in spec for all objects, with the @@toStringTag well-known symbol the proper way to change Object.prototype.toString() output. At the time, spec-identical handling without the use of [[Class]] was implemented in V8 for all objects other than API objects, where issues with the Web IDL spec [1] prevented Blink, and hence V8, to totally migrate to @@toStringTag. However, since 2016 [2] Blink has been setting @@toStringTag on API class prototypes to manage the Object.prototype.toString() output, so the legacy [[Class]] handling in V8 has not been necessary for the past couple of years. This CL removes the remaining legacy [[Class]] handling in Object.prototype.toString(), JSReceiver::class_name(), and GetConstructorName(). However, it does not remove the class_name field in FunctionTemplateInfo, as it is still used for the `name` property of created functions. This CL also cleans up other places in the codebase that still reference [[Class]]. This change should have minimal impact on web-compatibility. For the change to be observable, a script must do one of the following: 1. delete APIConstructor.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag]; 2. Object.setPrototypeOf(apiObject, somethingElse); Before this CL, these changes will not change the apiObject.toString() output. But after this CL, they will make apiObject.toString() show "[object Object]" (in the first case) or the @@toStringTag of the other prototype (in the latter case). However, both are deemed unlikely. @@toStringTag is not well-known feature of JavaScript, nor does it get tampered much on API constructors. In the second case, setting the prototype of an API object would effectly render the object useless, as all its methods (including property getters/setters) would no longer be accessible. Currently, @@toStringTag-based API object branding is not yet implemented by other browsers. This V8 bug in particular has been an impediment to standardizing toString behavior. Fixing this bug will unblock [3] and lead to a better Web IDL spec, and better toString() compatibility for all. [1]: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28244 [2]: https://crrev.com/909c0d7d5a53c8526ded351683c65ea7d17531d4 [3]: https://github.com/heycam/webidl/pull/357 Bug: chromium:793406 Cq-Include-Trybots: luci.chromium.try:linux-rel Change-Id: Iceded24e37afa2646ec385d5018909f55b177f93 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/2146996 Commit-Queue: Timothy Gu <timothygu@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Toon Verwaest <verwaest@chromium.org> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#67327}
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