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I can't understand why the result of code execution gonna be -1 (in strict mode only): 

'use strict'
[0,1].indexOf(0)

Is it bug or there is some other reason? Note: in normal mode it works as expected: index of 0 is 0

I try to analyze Polyfills code on mdn and have just one idea why it can happen: in strict mode in some cases this is not refer to window, but to 'undefined'.

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It is more like how the engine is evaluating your code.

The browser is seeing it as one line, not two

'use strict'[0,1].indexOf(0)

which evaluates to

's'.indexOf(0)

which is -1

Now if you ran that same code with a semicolon, you would get 0

'use strict';
[0,1].indexOf(0)
epascarello
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  • Correct, you could add that he has to add a semicolon after `'use strict'` to make it to work. Edit: see you have already added that. – GuyT Mar 23 '18 at 14:01
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ASI kicks you.

'use strict'; // NB
[0,1].indexOf(0)
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