How to refer to the current prototype of a class.

[/#!/JoePea]

Currently we use

```js
class Foo {

  bar() {

    // we want the current prototype's (HomeObject's?) `baz` method, not
the leafmost prototype's (this') `baz` method.
    Foo.prototype.baz()

  }

  baz() {
    // ..
  }

}
```

What about a shorthand keyword like `current` for the "current prototype"?

```js
class Foo {

  bar() {

    // we want the current prototype's (HomeObject's?) `baz` method, not
the leafmost prototype's (this') `baz` method.
    current.baz()

  }

  baz() {
    // ..
  }

}
```

What about `prototype`, because that word is, afterall, owned by JavaScript
(though more likely to break code than `current`).

```js
class Foo {

  bar() {

    // we want the current prototype's (HomeObject's?) `baz` method, not
the leafmost prototype's (this') `baz` method.
    prototype.baz()

  }

  baz() {
    // ..
  }

}
```

Or, since `HomeObject` is a thing, maybe a `home` keyword would be
intuitive, although that is also more likely to break existing code than
`current`?

```js
class Foo {

  bar() {

    // we want the current prototype's (HomeObject's?) `baz` method, not
the leafmost prototype's (this') `baz` method.
    home.baz()

  }

  baz() {
    // ..
  }

}
```

Or a symbol?

```js
class Foo {

  bar() {

    // we want the current prototype's (HomeObject's?) `baz` method, not
the leafmost prototype's (this') `baz` method.
    #.baz()

  }

  baz() {
    // ..
  }

}
```

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