`null` is not a built-in object

[Josh-Cena]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/null

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

No response

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

null is put under the "Built-in objects" category, which is incorrect, because null is a keyword, not a property.

What did you expect to see?

I expect it to be moved to "Expressions & Operators", where new.target, this, etc. live.

That would separate this from undefined, which is desirable because undefined acts more like a "built-in object".

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

https://tc39.es/ecma262/#prod-ReservedWord

Do you have anything more you want to share?

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• Document last modified: 2022-03-27T17:30:40.000Z

[OnkarRuikar]

But it is an object:

console.log(typeof null); // returns 'object'

I think it belongs in this list: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects#value_properties

[Josh-Cena]

typeof import.meta === "object", typeof this === "object" (usually), typeof new.target === "function", but they are all in the "Expressions & statements" section. I understand that null is a constant while all these are contextually defined, but x being a "global object" means Object.hasOwn(globalThis, "x") is true. This holds for undefined and NaN but not for null.