console.log should not be a constructor · Issue #25987 · nodejs/node (original) (raw)

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Description

• Version: v11.9.0
• Platform: Darwin Laurents-MacBook-Pro-2.local 17.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Fri Nov 2 20:43:16 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4570.71.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
• Subsystem:

In node, console.log behaves like a constructor without a prototype field. Other runtimes throw a proper type error in both lines below:

$ node
> new console.log();

consoleCall {}
> Reflect.construct(Boolean, [], console.log);
[Boolean: false]

Much love,
Laurent