Re: [JSON] Changing the class of an object after its construction

Thanks
"obj1.__proto__ = new myClass()" works well.

I though that "prototype" was a generic property to
manipulate the prototypes of objects, but you're right
It's only for constructors.

__proto___ was what I looked for.

Thanks

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
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>>In fact, it MUST NOT work. `obj1' does not refer to a constructor
>>(i.e. a Function object), so that does not have a `prototype' property.
>>You are creating one with no intrinsic functionality here.
>>
>>To make the prototype chain work, you need another prototype.
>>I found two ways for this:
>>
>>a)
>>obj1.__proto__ = new myClass(); // JavaScript only, preserves properties
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>
> or
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> obj1.__proto__ = myClass.prototype;
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> PointedEars
Received on Mon Nov 21 03:36:49 2005