automatically call .start()?

[devinrhode2]

The idea is to eliminate the need to call prompt.start().

In a closure containing prompt.start and prompt.get:
  var started = false;
in prompt.start:
     started = true;

in prompt.get:
     if (!started) prompt.start();

This could be implemented directly with extendFunction:

(function() {
  var started = false;
  extendFunction('prompt.start', function(){
    started = true;
  });
  extendFunction('prompt.get', function(){
    if (!started) prompt.start();
  });
})();

[QxQ]

Along the same alley, maybe make prompt a class?

So, the constructor of the class can call the start function
but this allows things like setting prompt.color to false to only effect one instance

example

Prompt = require('prompt');
prompt = new Prompt; // Prompt.start() is called doing the constructor, so it doesn't need to be called.
prompt.get(['stuff'], function (err, result){});

// And maybe for backward compatibility purposes, make this possible also.
Prompt.start() // This does need to be called since we're not making an instance.
Prompt.get(['stuff'], function(err, result){});