.name property, constructors, inheritance

ctor_name_inheritance.js

// A weird bug when you inherit from a constructor. You shouldn't
// inherit from a constructor but when I accidentally did I noticed
// this weirdness.

function Foo() {}

// this should be Object.prototype, or {}, or omitted completely,
// but certainly not the Object constructor. Still, what follows
// isn't exactly what you'd expect...
Foo.prototype = Object;

var foo = new Foo();

function Bar() {}
Bar.prototype = foo;

var bar = new Bar();

// This only happens with the name property, and is likely
// related to how constructors (functions) have their name
// set in a special way.
bar.name = 'hello';

bar.name // 'hello' in chrome, 'Object' in firefox