This isn't really to do with arrays, but does demonstrate that you can't
change the .prototype of an "instance" ...

http://jsbin.com/onomic/4/edit



On 20 July 2011 12:10, Xavier MONTILLET <[email protected]> wrote:

> I didn't get your last point with Array and Date...
> On Jul 20, 2011 12:48 PM, "Lasse Reichstein" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:44 AM, RobG <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Not really worth the effort. __proto__ is deprecated and shouldn't be
> >> used for anything:
> >> <URL:
> >>
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/proto
> >> >
> >
> >
> > I guess people will stop using it when there is a replacement that fills
> the
> > niche.
> > Currently, this is the only way to change the prototype of existing
> objects
> > (which is probably rarely the right thing to do), and the only way to
> make a
> > custom prototype chain on, e.g., Date or Array objects (Object.create
> > doesn't do that), which can be useful.
> >
> > /L
> >
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