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56 changes: 56 additions & 0 deletions doc/contributing/primordials.md
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});
console.log(RegExpPrototypeSymbolReplace(regex, 'foo', 'a')); // 'faa'
```

### Defining object own properties

When defining property descriptor (to add or update an own property to a
JavaScript object), be sure to always use a null-prototype object to avoid
prototype pollution.

```js
// User-land
Object.prototype.get = function get() {};

// Core
try {
ObjectDefineProperty({}, 'someProperty', { value: 0 });
} catch (err) {
console.log(err); // TypeError: Invalid property descriptor.
}
```

```js
// User-land
Object.prototype.get = function get() {};

// Core
ObjectDefineProperty({}, 'someProperty', { __proto__: null, value: 0 });
console.log('no errors'); // no errors.
```

Same applies when trying to modify an existing property, e.g. trying to make a
read-only property enumerable:

```js
// User-land
Object.prototype.value = 'Unrelated user-provided data';

// Core
class SomeClass {
get readOnlyProperty() { return 'genuine data'; }
}
ObjectDefineProperty(SomeClass.prototype, 'readOnlyProperty', { enumerable: true });
console.log(new SomeClass().readOnlyProperty); // Unrelated user-provided data
```

```js
// User-land
Object.prototype.value = 'Unrelated user-provided data';

// Core
const kEnumerableProperty = { __proto__: null, enumerable: true };
// In core, use const {kEnumerableProperty} = require('internal/util');
class SomeClass {
get readOnlyProperty() { return 'genuine data'; }
}
ObjectDefineProperty(SomeClass.prototype, 'readOnlyProperty', kEnumerableProperty);
console.log(new SomeClass().readOnlyProperty); // genuine data
```