Native classes inheritance

[iliakan]

The class semantic assumes that for class B extends A:

B.prototype.__proto__ === A.prototype // true (for method inheritance)
B.__proto__ === A // true (for static inheritance)

But for built-in classes only the 1st is true:

Array.prototype.__proto__ === Object.prototype // true

The second is wrong: Array.__proto__ !== Object.

Was that discussed and left "as is" for backwards compatibility? That's inconsistent.

[domenic]

class A is different from class A extends Object.

[domenic]

class A is different from class A extends Object.

[getify]

Yeah, isn't Array.__proto__ (and A.__proto__ by default) gonna be Function instead of Object?

[getify]

Yeah, isn't Array.__proto__ (and A.__proto__ by default) gonna be Function instead of Object?

[iliakan]

@domenic do I get it right that Array is meant to inherit from Object? Aren't they supposed to be native classes with inheritance?

[iliakan]

@domenic do I get it right that Array is meant to inherit from Object? Aren't they supposed to be native classes with inheritance?

[iliakan]

@domenic I mean, what you say is correct now, right, that's also what I write, but from OOP standpoint that looks strange, usually classes inherit from base Object.

[iliakan]

@domenic I mean, what you say is correct now, right, that's also what I write, but from OOP standpoint that looks strange, usually classes inherit from base Object.

[ljharb]

@iliakan a "class" produces a constructor function. Functions inherit from Function.

[ljharb]

@iliakan a "class" produces a constructor function. Functions inherit from Function.

[domenic]

Array is not meant to inherit from Object. It is a built-in class without inheritance, just like class A {} is a non-built-in class without inheritance.

[domenic]

Array is not meant to inherit from Object. It is a built-in class without inheritance, just like class A {} is a non-built-in class without inheritance.