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TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null: undefined (V8-based)
TypeError: Object.create requires at least 1 argument, but only 0 were passed (Firefox)
TypeError: Object.setPrototypeOf requires at least 2 arguments, but only 0 were passed (Firefox)
TypeError: Object.defineProperties requires at least 1 argument, but only 0 were passed (Firefox)
TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null. (Safari)
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