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Created August 24, 2012 15:16
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little coffeescript class quiz
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example.coffee
class Person
info: {}
setName: (name) -> @info.name = name
justin = new Person()
justin.setName "justin"
paul = new Person()
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what does paul.name return?

  • {} or
  • {name: "justin"}

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{name: "justin"}, obviously. You've shared it on the prototype. If you wanted an own-property, you'd need to make a new one in the constructor for each instance. Basic understanding of the JS prototype system would have told you that.

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