text: // Copyright 2009 the Sputnik authors.  All rights reserved.
  // This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
  
  /**
   * @name: S15.4.4.9_A2_T3;
   * @section: 15.4.4.9;
   * @assertion: The shift function is intentionally generic. 
   * It does not require that its this value be an Array object;
   * @description: The first element of the array is removed from the array and 
   * returned; 
  */
  
  var obj = {};
  obj.shift = Array.prototype.shift;
  
  //CHECK#1
  obj.length = 2.5;
  var shift = obj.shift();
  if (shift !== undefined) {
    $ERROR('#1: var obj = {}; obj.length = 2.5; obj.shift = Array.prototype.shift; obj.shift() === undefined. Actual: ' + (shift));
  }
  
  //CHECK#2
  if (obj.length !== 1) {
    $ERROR('#2: var obj = {}; obj.length = 2.5; obj.shift = Array.prototype.shift; obj.shift(); obj.length === 1. Actual: ' + (obj.length));
  } 
  
  //CHECK#3
  obj.length = new Number(2);
  var shift = obj.shift();
  if (shift !== undefined) {
    $ERROR('#11: var obj = {}; obj.length = new Number(2); obj.shift = Array.prototype.shift; obj.shift() === undefined. Actual: ' + (shift));
  }
  
  //CHECK#3
  if (obj.length !== 1) {
    $ERROR('#12: var obj = {}; obj.length = new Number(2); obj.shift = Array.prototype.shift; obj.shift(); obj.length === 1. Actual: ' + (obj.length));
  } 
  