An indexed write that grows an array discards an explicit null [[Prototype]]

[proggeramlug]

An indexed write that grows an array silently restores Array.prototype, discarding an explicit null [[Prototype]].

const n: any = [4, 5];
Object.setPrototypeOf(n, null);
console.log(Object.getPrototypeOf(n), Object.getPrototypeOf(n) === null);  // null true
n[9] = 1;                                                                   // grows past length
console.log(Object.getPrototypeOf(n), Object.getPrototypeOf(n) === null);  // [] false   <-- node: null true
console.log(n.length, n[9]);                                                // 10 1  (correct)

	before the write	after the write
node 26.5.1	null, === null true	null, === null true
perry	null, === null true	[], === null false

The element write itself is correct — length becomes 10 and n[9] reads back 1. It is the [[Prototype]] that is silently re-linked to Array.prototype.

Two things make this worth more than a formatting curiosity:

• It is silent and it re-attaches a whole surface. After the write, the array inherits every Array.prototype method again — so a null-prototype array used deliberately as a bare index container (the array analogue of Object.create(null) for maps) stops being bare the moment it grows, and n.map/n.constructor/n[Symbol.iterator] reappear.
• It is write-triggered, so it will not show up in a construction-time test. Object.getPrototypeOf immediately after setPrototypeOf is correct; only a subsequent growing write moves it.

I did not narrow which write path does it — a growing write (n[9] past length 2) reproduces; I have not checked whether an in-bounds write, push, or a non-array null-prototype object are affected.

Confirmed pre-existing, not from #9297: reverting that PR's seven runtime files and rebuilding gives the identical [] false. Found while auditing #9297, which fixes three other divergences on the same probe (inherited index reads, a proto setter on a growing write, and both after GC) and takes it from four divergences to this one.