Move Prototype's Function Outside?

[VUNETdotUS]

How do I place a function outside of the, so called, "class" in
prototype.js?

Example: Here is a standard way to write a class using prototype.js.

var Person = Class.create({
initialize: function(name) {
this.name = name;
},
say: function(message) {
return this.name + ': ' + message;
}
});

I want the function "say" to be outside of class like:

var Person = Class.create({
initialize: function(name) {
this.name = name;
},
say : sayOutside // <-------moved out
});

function sayOutside(message) {
return this.name + ': ' + message;
}

[Randy Webb]

VUNETdotUS said the following on 12/4/2007 3:27 PM:

How do I place a function outside of the, so called, "class" in
prototype.js?

You go to one of the prototype forums (search the archives) and ask
someone who supports it how to do what you want.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[VUNETdotUS]

On Dec 4, 4:22 pm, Randy Webb <[e-mail]:

VUNETdotUS said the following on 12/4/2007 3:27 PM:

How do I place a function outside of the, so called, "class" in
prototype.js?

You go to one of the prototype forums (search the archives) and ask
someone who supports it how to do what you want.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ -http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices -http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

I'll try their forums. However I thought Prototype is just a JS with
functions and methods to simplify stuff. I wonder how do JS experts
treat prototype anyway?

[David Mark]

On Dec 5, 11:25 am, VUNETdotUS <[e-mail]:

On Dec 4, 4:22 pm, Randy Webb <[e-mail]:

VUNETdotUS said the following on 12/4/2007 3:27 PM:

How do I place a function outside of the, so called, "class" in
prototype.js?

You go to one of the prototype forums (search the archives) and ask
someone who supports it how to do what you want.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ -http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices -http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

I'll try their forums. However I thought Prototype is just a JS with
functions and methods to simplify stuff. I wonder how do JS experts
treat prototype anyway?

Like a red-headed stepchild.

[Randy Webb]

VUNETdotUS said the following on 12/5/2007 11:25 AM:

On Dec 4, 4:22 pm, Randy Webb <[e-mail]:

>VUNETdotUS said the following on 12/4/2007 3:27 PM:

>>How do I place a function outside of the, so called, "class" in
prototype.js?

You go to one of the prototype forums (search the archives) and ask
someone who supports it how to do what you want.

I'll try their forums. However I thought Prototype is just a JS with
functions and methods to simplify stuff.

Depends on how you define "simplify" stuff. Most of it so convoluted
that altering it is anything but "simple". I have looked at the code in
it twice in its entirety. Other than that, I have only seen snippets of
it posted here and most aren't worth using for anything other than a
"you shouldn't do it this way".

I wonder how do JS experts treat prototype anyway?

Most of them view it as an ill-fated attempt to try to create an
all-in-one library that is best avoided like a plague. The people that
are qualified to tell you the best way to modify it are the same people
that will tell you it isn't worth modifying.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/