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[13:29:06 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> So what does that mean for the fate of said object within the merging system?
[13:30:06 CDT(-0500)] <Bosmon> colinclark - it is treated as if it is a primitive object, in fact
[13:30:27 CDT(-0500)] <Bosmon> At least, all of the current tests sites separately combine the predicates "isPrimitive" and "!isPlainObject"
[13:30:38 CDT(-0500)] <Bosmon> But the tests are broken out in case they end up being separately useful at some point