// Constant folding doesn't affect strict delete either. // In particular, it doesn't affect whether |delete x| is a strict error. load(libdir + "asserts.js"); (function (x) { "use strict"; // These senseless delete-expressions are legal even in strict mode. // Per ES5.1 11.4.1 step 2, each one does nothing and returns true. assertEq(delete (1 ? x : x), true); assertEq(delete (0 || x), true); assertEq(delete (1 && x), true); // Plain `delete x` is a SyntaxError though. assertThrowsInstanceOf(() => eval('delete x'), SyntaxError); assertThrowsInstanceOf(() => Function('"use strict"; delete x'), SyntaxError); }());