How to refer to the current prototype of a class.

[Claude Pache]

> Le 31 juil. 2016 à 05:12, Michał Wadas <michalwadas at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> this.constructor.prototype.baz
> 
> 

No, that is the prototype of the class of the object, which may reasonably be a subclass (and which can be anything in the most general cases).

What is the issue with just `Foo.prototype`?

—Claude

>> On 31 Jul 2016 3:03 a.m., "/#!/JoePea" <joe at trusktr.io> wrote:
>> 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() {
>>     // ..
>>   }
>> 
>> }
>> ```
>> 
>> /#!/JoePea
>> 
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