Marco, The reason Object.create() wouldn't work in this case is because we don't want to overwrite the native C++ binding functions from the "native" SlowBuffer.prototype.
We could have gotten away with Object.create() if we 1) save a reference to the original SlowBuffer.prototype, then 2) overwritten SlowBuffer.prototype using Object.create(), and finally 3) loop over the original prototype and copy over all properties manually. So for brevity's sake, __proto__ wins here. On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Marco Rogers <marco.rog...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> That option won't work in this case, because we need >> SlowBuffer.prototype to be the exact same object returned from C++. >> >> > Interesting. Can you elaborate on this? Is it due to the weirdness with > retrieving the right "this" object when in C++ land? > > :Marco >
