This was discovered almost by accident: @Dinnerbone noticed that `_global == null`, and surmised that `valueOf` was the culprit. However, this doesn't really make sense: `_global` is a bare object, so it shouldn't have a `valueOf` (and in practice, it doesn't).
The ultimate cause of such an odd comparison is as such:
1. Flash coerces the `_global` object to a numerical primitive by calling `valueOf`.
2. `_global.valueOf` is undefined. Flash handles calls to any uncallable value by literally just having it return `undefined`. In other words, all values are implicitly callable as empty functions.
3. `undefined` is then compared to `null`. These two values *are* equal under abstract equality (`==`). Hence, `_global == null`.
For comparison, modern ECMAScript engines throw errors on calls to uncallable values; and won't attempt to use an invalid `valueOf` to coerce objects. So none of this applies to, say, standard JavaScript in your browser.
Note that host objects that do so will *not* have access to their standard representation from within member functions - you will need to extend the interface to accomodate for them. This is due to long-standing limitations with type IDs and downcasting with types that bear lifetimes - it's entirely an unsafe operation and exposing such a facility to safe Rust is unsound. However, this will at least let us separate out several things from ScriptObject that don't need to be there for the time being.
This type explicitly signals if an immediate value is to be returned, if a value is to be returned on the stack, or if no return value is to be generated. Holders of a `ReturnValue` can also use `and_then` to schedule a `StackContinuation` to be executed when and if that value is ready.
`StackContinuations` now yield `ReturnValues` as well, so they have a moderate level of composability. For example, if you need to get a property from an object and push it on the stack, you can return the result of calling `get` directly and the machinery ensures it eventually gets there.
Nathan Adams