Ecma262: Inconsistency with the definition of %Object.prototype%

[ursi]

Forgive me if I'm totally missing the mark with this, I'm pretty new to being able wrap my head around what's going on in the spec, but I've spotted something I just can't figure out.

According to 8.2.2 realmRec.[[intrinsics]].[[%Object.prototype%]] is set to ObjectCreate(null)

According to 9.1.12 ObjectCreate returns an object whose

essential internal methods [are set] to the default ordinary object definitions specified in 9.1

i.e., an ordinary object.

However, in 19.1.3, %ObjectPrototype% is defined to be an exotic object.

[ljharb]

Looks like CreateIntrinsics needs to add a step that ensures that realmRec.[[intrinsics]].[[%Object.prototype%]] becomes an immutable prototype exotic object, so it's in sync with the definition in 19.1.3.

[devsnek]

this is fixed in https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1635

[ursi]

@devsnek very nice! Forgive me for asking this but I'm not very familiar with the process, why are those changes are not in https://tc39.es/ecma262/?

[devsnek]

it hasn't been merged yet. the editorial process of ecma262 is... slow.