This probably comes across as being overly obsessed with details, but I think that clear terminology matters. It would be nice if we could avoid the term “prototype” being overloaded in ECMAScript. It still trips up JS beginners: When I explained __proto__ at JSConf, the first question was: “How is __proto__ better than the ‘prototype’ property that all constructors already have?”
How about the following? - proto (of an obj): the “fallback” object, access via __proto__ - prototype (of a type): value of Constr.prototype Not entirely happy with this, but it’s better than using the same word twice. And it corresponds to how one would pronounce the property names (modulo “dunder”). If the above is OK then we could rename [[Prototype]] to [[Proto]]. Axel -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [email protected] home: rauschma.de twitter: twitter.com/rauschma blog: 2ality.com
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