Hi All,
Please see this code block. The below lets you avoid having to duplicate and type out Person.prototype.(method_name) again and again when defining methods. Instead, I can create a new prototype object, but the side effect is the constructor changes to point back to Object instead of the constructor of Person.
function Person(name) {
this.name = name;
}
Person.prototype = {
constructor: Person, // does not doing this line have any consequences?
sayName: function() {
console.log(this.name); },
toString: function() {
return "[Person " + this.name + "]";
}
};
What if I don’t assign the constructor back to the object Person (constructor: Person). Is there any consequence of not doing so? Is this just for identity purposes? Thanks!