Why Lodash _.isObject(null) is false while in javascript typeof null is 'object'?

Asked Mar 28 '17 at 19:23

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I don't understand why Lodash's _.isObject() function depicts null to being of type object while in Javascript it actually is an object?

Why do they (lodash) do this on the function?

function isObject(value) {
  const type = typeof value
  return value != null && (type == 'object' || type == 'function')
}

export default isObject

asked Mar 28 '17 at 19:23

koech

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because it's trying to useful instead of redundant. – dandavis Mar 28 '17 at 19:26
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Just because `typeof null` is `"object"` does not mean that `null` is *really* an object. It's a null object reference, but for practical purposes it is not an object. – Pointy Mar 28 '17 at 19:33
That's more of a philosophical question than a practical one. – Omri Luzon Mar 28 '17 at 19:38

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