Using toString when setting object prototype to null

Question

If I set the prototype to null, then how come I can still use toString on the object?

var nakedObject=Object.create(null,{
name:{
    configurable:true,
    enumerable:true,
    value:"Hello",
    writable:true
}
});
 console.log(nakedObject.name.toString());
 console.log ("valueOf" in nakedObject);

because nakedObject.name is a string. And it is inherited from String prototype. — Rehan Umar, Jun 12 '18 at 16:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '18 at 16:34

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The nakedObject doesn't have a prototype anymore, but the property .name still does. And because you assigned it the value "Hello" it is a String, therefore it has the String prototype.

answered Jun 12 '18 at 16:34

Sebastian Speitel

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