Oskar pointed out that "is" is a reserved word in Javascript so it could cause problems in IE1+ Not to mention the Taboo of extending Object.
It just seems a little cumbersome having to write 20-lines and extend all the Native objects to essentially get the same functionality as the 3-liner object extender. http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/24TXR/ On Jun 5, 7:24 am, Ryan Florence <rpflore...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've done this a few times, I certain like looking at: > > if (arg.isNumber()) > > than looking at > > if ($type(arg) == 'number') > > Yours is pretty creative. > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 11:29 PM, jiggliemon wrote: > > > What about having a simple "is" method on all the main types? > >http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/BDEWf/2/ > > > -Chase
