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Make sure you're not on a page with external scripts that could be mucking it up. If you're recent modern browser `JSON.stringify(Object('hi'))` should produce

• firefoxman1 15y ago
  Right, JSON.stringify(Object('hi')) does that, but just plain Object('hi') without wrapping in stringify returns { '0': 'h', '1': 'i' } Is it part of the JSON spec that you first call .toString() on array-like objects?
  • jdd 15y ago
    `Object('hi')` produces the equivalent of `new String('hi')`. The stringify behavior is spec'ed here http://es5.github.com/#x15.12.3 http://es5.github.com/#x15.12.3 [Step 4b of the abstract operation Str(key, holder) algorithm]. See http://cl.ly/2E1l2X3X3U1B2N1d3G1k http://cl.ly/2E1l2X3X3U1B2N1d3G1k.
    • firefoxman1 15y ago
      Ahh that makes sense. I appreciate your research finding that part in the spec.