Re: How can I do this -- method chaining

Nathan Nobbe schreef:

On Jan 29, 2008 3:02 PM, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote:

Why? What exactly do you think you're saving by not putting the instance in a variable? I can't think of one good reason to do this.

its an esthetic thing; and besides the simple factory method is an easy workaround to achieve it. as the article that, Eric, posted mentioned, other languages have such support; ie javascript: function Test() {} Test.prototype = { doSomething : function() { alert('hello'); } }

^^ !!!! prototypal not class-based inheritance, orange meet apple.

new Test().doSomething();

besides which this is a dereferenced call and not method chaining, if you want method chaining in JS you'll have to do extra work (i.e. use 'return this;') different strokes or something.

this is along the lines of the whole returnAnArray()['someIndex'] thing, fortunately in this case, theres a workaround in userspace ;) -nathan