Greg, you can't extend Object.prototype. It will break more than just
jQuery. As you noted, there is a workaround, but it requres code to be added
to every for loop, which has a performance impact.
Instead, simply revise the Object.prototype.Inherits function from that page
so it does not need
Thanks for your reply. Some parts of my reply are below in you text.
If you want to iterate over the members of an object you have to use
'hasOwnProperty' as showed at the first post. JavaScript iterate over
all the prototypes members if you do anything. Why a library can't
assume that
If it's so BAD why Douglas Crockford in his book[1] has no
problem with object.prototype augmentation ?
For example, take a look :
http://javascript.crockford.com/prototypal.html
He says : The problem with Object.prototype.begetObject is
that it trips up incompetent programs[..]
Adding checks into the library would add overhead
Did you make some performance tests ?
If it's so BAD why Douglas Crockford in his book[1] has no problem
with object.prototype augmentation ?
For example, take a look : http://javascript.crockford.com/prototypal.html
He says : The problem with
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