__proto__, when will it be gone? Alternatives?

Question

Mozilla claimed it would remove __proto__ a while back (~2008) and it is still in the browser. Is it still going to be deprecated? It works in Opera, (Safari I think) and Ch

Answer 1

I don't see how:

var a = {};
a.__proto__ = A; // A is object because no constructor is needed

Is simpler than:

var a = new A(); // A is Constructor function

Now setting up A in the latter case can be more verbose if you don't need a constructor function, but in that case you could automate it to be just as simple:

var A = Constructor({
    method: function(){}
}); // A is function, meant to be used with new

Compared to:

var A = {
    method: function(){}
}; //A is object, meant to be set as __proto__

And if you need some initialization logic, it will probably end up being easier just to use the normal way where the constructor function needs to be declared anyway