Axel Rauschmayer wrote:
It wouldn’t fix the main problem with __proto__: using a property to express meta-data. In a way, __proto__ might even be better than, say, @proto, because it will be the only property with double underscore, highlighting the specialness of that property.
Isn't iterator similar? Array's length also is magical.
On Twitter, @marcoos correctly commented that changing the name of [[Prototype]] (including prototypal inheritance, prototype chain, etc.) is too drastic an overhaul. Finding a better name for Constr.prototype seems easier.
Well, Constr.prototype is the much nearer to obvious meaning of the word prototype than is [[Prototype]] (though "blueprint", "skeleton" etc. seems to be a little more appropriate, but the difference is not that big). Letting [[Prototype]] called prototype and renaming Constr.ptototype is against common logic (imho).
Prototypal inheritance is ok, since this is the term often used for classless, object-to-object inheritance (or, maybe just JS made them synonyms?).
But if only one should be renamed, I'd argue for [[Prototype]] (and so prototype chain would need to be renamed, too; to plain inheritance chain, for example (goes well with [[Parent]] as well as [[Ancestor]])).
Axel
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