javascript add prototype method to all functions?

Question

Is there a way to add a method to all javascript functions without using the prototype library?

something along the lines of :

Function.prototype.methodN         


        

Answer 1

Try Object.prototype instead:

Object.prototype.methodName = function(){ 

  return dowhateverto(this) 
};

But also heed the warning that extending native objects is not always a good idea.

Function.prototype can't really be manipulated reliably in Javascript; it isn't a real object, because Function() constructor needs to return a function, not an object. But, you can't treat it like a normal function either. Its behaviour when you try to access its 'properties' may be undefined and vary between browsers. See also this question.