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IE8 incorrectly reports `Object#hasOwnProperty(<table>, ':')` as true
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ie8-tables-and-colons.js
// Element#hasOwnPropery doesn't exist in IE8
var has = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
var table = document.createElement('table');
alert('this browser sucks: ' + has.call(table, ':'));
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