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    Mathias Bynens‏Verified account @mathias 16 Jul 2019
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    🔥 globalThis is available in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Node.js! https://v8.dev/features/globalthis …pic.twitter.com/CMtDHCuvwX

    7:45 AM - 16 Jul 2019
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      2. Jason Jean‏ @FrozenPandaz 16 Jul 2019
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        Awesome! This theoretically makes it easier to write universal libraries and apps. Naming it global would break existing websites but naming it globalThis seems almost hacky. Also, for this to really work as part of the language, libraries need to utilize it.

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      3. Mathias Bynens‏Verified account @mathias 16 Jul 2019
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        “Global this” might sound weird at first, but it is the technically-most-correct name: https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/globalthis#terminology …

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      2. Vinicius Marchesin‏ @devmarchesin 16 Jul 2019
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        I'd prefer something like 'root' in this case.

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      3. Mathias Bynens‏Verified account @mathias 16 Jul 2019
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        We all wanted `global` but unfortunately that name wasn't web-compatible. https://github.com/tc39/proposal-global/blob/master/NAMING.md#names-ruled-out-by-this-restriction-4 …

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      2. Alan Plum  🖤 ❤️‏ @LNplum 17 Jul 2019
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        There was a lot of outrage when the wider JS community first got wind of the name and there were some lackluster attempts to prevent this but in the end globalThis won. Most of the favorites were ruled out because of UMD (thanks for nothing, UMD).

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      3. Mathias Bynens‏Verified account @mathias 17 Jul 2019
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        All the “good” names had to be ruled out, unfortunately, since they were already in use in existing code, and we can’t break back-compat. We all wanted `global` (we tried!) but it just wasn’t possible. IMHO any name is fine. What matters most is having the functionality.

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      1. Jakub Vrána‏ @jakubvrana 17 Jul 2019
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        Woohoo, no more ugly Function('return this')().

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      1. Nikoloz‏ @Nikolo_z 16 Jul 2019
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        Is there any proposal to support something like sharedGlobalThis? Global that will be shared between DOM, Web Workers and Service Workers...pic.twitter.com/uBe62yaPRa

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      1. Jack Woodmansey‏ @JackWoodmansey 17 Jul 2019
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        So many issues I've come across with SSR are related to bugs with libraries getting the global this context. Hopefully this helps fix that. 🎉

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      2. Julien‏ @darul75 16 Jul 2019
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        What is this

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      3. Efe Emirhan Doğan‏ @threezus13 16 Jul 2019
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        Replying to @darul75 @mathias

        Exactly what is this ?

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