More Bootstrap.js simplifications.

lib/bootstrap.js

@@ -39,18 +39,16 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 				if (this.hasOwnProperty(i))
 					iter.call(bind, this[i], i, this);
 		},
-		_create = Object.create,
+		// A ahort cut to a simplified version of Object.create that only
+		// supports the first parameter (in the emulation):
+		create = Object.create || function(proto) {
+			// From all browsers that do not offer Object.create(), we only
+			// support Firefox 3.5 & 3.5,  but luckily this hack works there:
+			return { __proto__: proto };
+		},
 		_define = Object.defineProperty,
 		_describe = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;
 
-	function create(ctor) {
-		return _create
-			? _create(ctor.prototype)
-			// We only support Firefox 3.5 that does not offer Object.create,
-			// but luckily it supports this hack:
-			: { __proto__: ctor.prototype };
-	}
-
 	// Support a mixed environment of some ECMAScript 5 features present,
 	// along with __defineGetter/Setter__ functions, as found in browsers today.
 	function define(obj, name, desc) {
@@ -205,27 +203,6 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 		return dest;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Private function that creates a constructor to extend the given object.
-	 * When this constructor is called through new, a new object is craeted
-	 * that inherits all from obj.
-	 */
-	function extend(obj) {
-		// Create the constructor for the new prototype that calls initialize
-		// if it is defined.
-		var ctor = function() {
-			// Call the constructor function, if defined
-			if (this.initialize)
-				return this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
-		};
-		ctor.prototype = obj;
-		// Add a toString function that delegates to initialize if possible
-		ctor.toString = function() {
-			return (this.prototype.initialize || function() {}).toString();
-		};
-		return ctor;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Converts the argument to an iterator function. If none is specified, the
 	 * identity function is returned.
@@ -287,11 +264,19 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 		},
 
 		extend: function(src/* , ... */) {
-			var proto = create(this),
-				ctor = extend(proto);
+			var ctor = function() {
+				// Call the constructor function, if defined
+				if (this.initialize)
+					return this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+			};
+			ctor.prototype = create(this.prototype);
+			// Add a toString function that delegates to initialize if possible
+			ctor.toString = function() {
+				return (this.prototype.initialize || function() {}).toString();
+			};
 			// The new prototype extends the constructor on which extend is
 			// called. Fix constructor.
-			define(proto, 'constructor',
+			define(ctor.prototype, 'constructor',
 					{ value: ctor, writable: true, configurable: true });
 			// Copy over static fields, as prototype-like inheritance
 			// is not possible for static fields. Mark them as enumerable
@@ -332,13 +317,7 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 		 * of Function.prototype.extend.
 		 */
 		extend: function(/* src, ... */) {
-			// Notice the "new" here: the private extend returns a constructor
-			// as it's used for Function.prototype.extend as well. But when
-			// extending objects, we want to return a new object that inherits
-			// from "this". In that case, the constructor is never used again,
-			// its just created to create a new object with the proper
-			// inheritance set and is garbage collected right after.
-			var res = new (extend(this));
+			var res = create(this);
 			return res.inject.apply(res, arguments);
 		},
 
@@ -358,7 +337,11 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 			// Expose some local privates as Base generics.
 			each: each,
 			clone: clone,
-			create: create,
+			// Base.create does something different from Object.create, it only
+			// works on constructors and uses their prototype.
+			create: function(ctor) {
+				return create(ctor.prototype);
+			},
 			define: define,
 			describe: describe,
 			iterator: iterator,