
`es5-shim.js` and `es5-shim.min.js` monkey-patch a JavaScript context to
contain all EcmaScript 5 methods that can be faithfully emulated with a
legacy JavaScript engine.

`es5-sham.js` and `es5-sham.min.js` monkey-patch other ES5 methods as
closely as possible.  For these methods, as closely as possible to ES5
is not very close.  Many of these shams are intended only to allow code
to be written to ES5 without causing run-time errors in older engines.
In many cases, this means that these shams cause many ES5 methods to
silently fail.  Decide carefully whether this is what you want.


## Tests

The tests are written with the Jasmine BDD test framework.
To run the tests, navigate to <root-folder>/tests/. 

In order to run against the shim-code, the tests attempt to kill the current 
implementation of the missing methods. This happens in <root-folder>/tests/helpers/h-kill.js.
So in order to run the tests against the build-in methods, invalidate that file somehow
(comment-out, delete the file, delete the script-tag, etc.).

## Shims

### Complete tests ###

* Array.prototype.every
* Array.prototype.filter
* Array.prototype.forEach
* Array.prototype.indexOf
* Array.prototype.lastIndexOf
* Array.prototype.map
* Array.prototype.some
* Array.prototype.reduce
* Array.prototype.reduceRight
* Array.isArray
* Date.now
* Date.prototype.toJSON
* Function.prototype.bind
    * /!\ Caveat: the bound function's length is always 0.
    * /!\ Caveat: the bound function has a prototype property.
    * /!\ Caveat: bound functions do not try too hard to keep you
      from manipulating their ``arguments`` and ``caller`` properties.
    * /!\ Caveat: bound functions don't have checks in ``call`` and
      ``apply`` to avoid executing as a constructor.
* Object.keys
* String.prototype.trim

### Untested ###

* Date.parse (for ISO parsing)
* Date.prototype.toISOString

## Shams

* /?\ Object.create

    For the case of simply "begetting" an object that
    inherits prototypically from another, this should work
    fine across legacy engines.

    /!\ Object.create(null) will work only in browsers that
    support prototype assignment.  This creates an object
    that does not have any properties inherited from
    Object.prototype.  It will silently fail otherwise.

    /!\ The second argument is passed to
    Object.defineProperties which will probably fail
    silently.

* /?\ Object.getPrototypeOf

    This will return "undefined" in some cases.  It uses
    __proto__ if it's available.  Failing that, it uses
    constructor.prototype, which depends on the constructor
    property of the object's prototype having not been
    replaced.  If your object was created like this, it
    won't work:

        function Foo() {
        }
        Foo.prototype = {};

    Because the prototype reassignment destroys the
    constructor property.

    This will work for all objects that were created using
    `Object.create` implemented with this library.

* /!\ Object.getOwnPropertyNames

    This method uses Object.keys, so it will not be accurate
    on legacy engines.

* Object.isSealed

    Returns "false" in all legacy engines for all objects,
    which is conveniently guaranteed to be accurate.

* Object.isFrozen

    Returns "false" in all legacy engines for all objects,
    which is conveniently guaranteed to be accurate.

* Object.isExtensible

    Works like a charm, by trying very hard to extend the
    object then redacting the extension.

### Fail silently

* /!\ Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor
    
    The behavior of this shim does not conform to ES5.  It
    should probably not be used at this time, until its
    behavior has been reviewed and been confirmed to be
    useful in legacy engines.

* /!\ Object.defineProperty

    This method will silently fail to set "writable",
    "enumerable", and "configurable" properties.
    
    Providing a getter or setter with "get" or "set" on a
    descriptor will silently fail on engines that lack
    "__defineGetter__" and "__defineSetter__", which include
    all versions of IE up to version 8 so far.

    IE 8 provides a version of this method but it only works
    on DOM objects.  Thus, the shim will not get installed
    and attempts to set "value" properties will fail
    silently on non-DOM objects.

    https://github.com/kriskowal/es5-shim/issues#issue/5

* /!\ Object.defineProperties

    This uses the Object.defineProperty shim

* Object.seal

    Silently fails on all legacy engines.  This should be
    fine unless you are depending on the safety and security
    provisions of this method, which you cannot possibly
    obtain in legacy engines.

* Object.freeze

    Silently fails on all legacy engines.  This should be
    fine unless you are depending on the safety and security
    provisions of this method, which you cannot possibly
    obtain in legacy engines.

* Object.preventExtensions

    Silently fails on all legacy engines.  This should be
    fine unless you are depending on the safety and security
    provisions of this method, which you cannot possibly
    obtain in legacy engines.

