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globalThis

  • PRO: almost shipping in Chrome, maybe used elsewhere
  • PRO: is actually correct
  • CON: might confuse JS beginners

Global

  • PRO: maybe less likely to confuse beginners
  • PRO/CON: looks like a namespace
  • CON: requires even more churn on this proposal

globalObject

  • PRO: maybe less likely to confuse beginners
  • CON: is not actually correct (depending on perspective)
  • CON: conflation with WindowProxy
  • CON: at least Domenic strongly objected for the above reason

global, self, top, frames, window, etc

  • Will not work
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