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| author | Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> | 2016-05-20 20:40:17 +0300 |
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| committer | Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> | 2016-05-24 02:21:15 +0300 |
| commit | 2193a2efcffbd68a0057abf29b73e156c8dbddf7 (patch) | |
| tree | 705d337ea74128bb9297db3e3b4982195cd69633 /doc/api/globals.md | |
| parent | 706e6990bfe2a447dda68094425d35e3c9c43519 (diff) | |
doc: reference list of language-specific globals
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6894
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6900
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Robert Jefe Lindstaedt <robert.lindstaedt@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/api/globals.md b/doc/api/globals.md index c699b2e9d71..f70c52aae49 100644 --- a/doc/api/globals.md +++ b/doc/api/globals.md @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ These objects are available in all modules. Some of these objects aren't actually in the global scope but in the module scope - this will be noted. +The objects listed here are specific to Node.js. There are a number of +[built-in objects][] that are part of the JavaScript language itself, which are +also globally accessible. + ## Class: Buffer <!-- type=global --> @@ -209,3 +213,4 @@ but rather than loading the module, just return the resolved filename. [`setImmediate`]: timers.html#timers_setimmediate_callback_arg [`setInterval`]: timers.html#timers_setinterval_callback_delay_arg [`setTimeout`]: timers.html#timers_settimeout_callback_delay_arg +[built-in objects]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects |