Is there an equivalent of PHP's 'parent' with javascript prototypal inheritance?

Question

I\'m using protypal inheritance and I would like to call an overridden method on the base class. In PHP I could do this using parent::functionName. Is this possible using Ja

Answer 1

from my own best practices, best to create

var parent = ...;

when creating the object if reference to the parent is actually needed - which is not as much as one would expect. then use as desired.

I personally think the term "objects" is misleading in reference to javascript since

object == function == closure

essentially giving the tools for an objectness without limiting to formal object / inheritance constraints. on the up side it makes a very fluid, mutable language; on the downside, you need to fill in yourself missing pieces when needed.