Subj : Re: Private Data and Prototype Inheritance
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Kevin Lindsey" <kevin@kevlindev.com>
Date : Fri Jan 09 2004 06:00 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:

> I hope this is clear.  It's not a matter of language design, rather of
> engine implementation.  The JSCLASS_HAS_PRIVATE flag is hidden, and you
> can't make a user-defined JSClass anyway, or call JS_GetPrivate or
> JS_SetPrivate from script.

Yes.  This makes perfect sense.

> It's still possible to extend native classes, but you'll need either to
> use property (not private data slot) storage in the native base class,
> or else to wrap.

I'm confident the property approach will work.

Thanks again,
Kevin

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