It seems like that would be the case based on JavaScript's lexical scoping
rules, but in Firefox I get a JavaScript error ("ReferenceError: Prototype
if not defined") when I try to alert(Prototype) or if(Prototype) { ... }.

Didn't make sense to me either. :-)

-Fred

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 4:22 AM, T.J. Crowder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hi Fred,
>
> No, not in standard JavaScript.  The interpreter will work its way up
> the scope chain looking for "Prototype"; if it reaches the global
> object (which is always the root of the scope chain; the global object
> in browser apps is the window object), it assumes the reference is a
> property of that object.  The property will have the value undefined.


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