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globalThis

Category

JavaScript

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 71)

Intent stage

None

Summary

`globalThis` enables a universal mechanism to access the global object even in strict functions or modules, regardless of the platform.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://tc39.github.io/proposal-global/
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=5537

Docs: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-global

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