On Jan 28, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Herby Vojčík wrote:
> Hello,
>
> in ES, inheritance between "classes" was in fact only inheritance between
> their prototypes; the constructor functions always inherited from
> Function.prototype directly.
>
> Now, <| operator defines that
> Fun <| function SubFun (...) { ... }
> not only does parallel hierarchy so that
> SubFun.prototype.[[Prototype]] === Fun.prototype, but also
> SubFun.[[Prototype]] === Fun.
> So constructor functions ultimately descend from Function.prototype, but it
> may be indirectly. "Subclasses" themselves also inherit "static" properites
> from their superclass.
>
> Would it break things if this would be true for builtins, as well? So that
> (for example, not citing all):
It would certainly be observable. Whether is would actually breaking anything
can only be speculated at this point until somebody tries it in a widely used
implementation. My speculation is that no breakage would occur. Is this
important enough to try?
Allen
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