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Re:Trine – A utility library for functional programming in J... by implicit on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:36PM (#9700704)
Are you sure?

    > function isboxed() { return this instanceof Number; }
    > isboxed.call(5);
    true
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Re:Trine – A utility library for functional programming in J... by CrossEye on Thursday June 11, 2015 @04:28PM (#9702166)
as inglor said, this depends on strict mode:

    > var isboxed = (function() {"use strict"; return function isboxed() {return this instanceof Number;}}());
    > isboxed.call(5);
    false
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