diff --git a/1-js/08-prototypes/01-prototype-inheritance/article.md b/1-js/08-prototypes/01-prototype-inheritance/article.md index fa68ee4c..69e7c5f5 100644 --- a/1-js/08-prototypes/01-prototype-inheritance/article.md +++ b/1-js/08-prototypes/01-prototype-inheritance/article.md @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ rabbit.__proto__ = animal; ```smart header="`__proto__` is a historical getter/setter for `[[Prototype]]`" Please note that `__proto__` is *not the same* as `[[Prototype]]`. That's a getter/setter for it. -It exists for historical reasons, in modern language it is replaced with functions `Object.getPrototypeOf/Object.setPrototypeOf` that also get/set the prototype. We'll study the reasons for that and these functions later. +It exists for historical reasons. In modern language it is replaced with functions `Object.getPrototypeOf/Object.setPrototypeOf` that also get/set the prototype. We'll study the reasons for that and these functions later. By the specification, `__proto__` must only be supported by browsers, but in fact all environments including server-side support it. For now, as `__proto__` notation is a little bit more intuitively obvious, we'll use it in the examples. ``` @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Here in the line `(*)` the property `admin.fullName` has a getter in the prototy ## The value of "this" -An interesting question may arise in the example above: what's the value of `this` inside `set fullName(value)`? Where the properties `this.name` and `this.surname` are written: into `user` or `admin`? +An interesting question may arise in the example above: what's the value of `this` inside `set fullName(value)`? Where are the properties `this.name` and `this.surname` written: into `user` or `admin`? The answer is simple: `this` is not affected by prototypes at all. @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ As a result, methods are shared, but the object state is not. ## for..in loop -The `for..in` loops over inherited properties too. +The `for..in` loop iterates over inherited properties too. For instance: @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ let rabbit = { }; *!* -// Object.keys only return own keys +// Object.keys only returns own keys alert(Object.keys(rabbit)); // jumps */!*