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Prototypal Object Oriented Programing (or poop for short) -- It's the Shit!

While it's rarely, if ever, a good idea to modify/extend primitives,  I wanted a clean and simple way of extending objects with as little syntax as possible.  More a thought exercise than anything, this implementation came as a result of observing "yet another classical vs. protoypal inheritance argument" (YACPIA).  Sure I've heard YACPIAs before; I myself tend to take a more pseudo-classical approach (I know, there's "yet another argument" for that too!), but this time it became a great opportunity to drop a load of JS (okay, 25 lines does not a load make -- pinch a loaf?).


Usage:

//load poop
poop();

//Create a base object
var car = Object.create({
  init: function () {
    console.log('I\'m a car');
  },
  seats: 4,
  wheels: 4
})

car.wheels
  returns 4

car.seats
  returns 4

//van inherits from car
var van = car.extend({
  init: function () {
    console.log('I\'m a van');
  },
  seats: 6
});

van.wheels
  returns 4

van.seats
  returns 6


//bus inherits from van
var bus = van.extend({
  init: function () {
    console.log('I\'m a bus');
  },
  seats: 144,
  wheels: 8
});

bus.wheels
  returns 8

bus.seats
  returns 144 //That's a big ass bus!!


Note:  poop also adds _super, an alias/reference to the object's prototype and is used for convenience (and yes that's controversial too!).