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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Use this:
> 
>   NewDate.prototype.toString = function (Selector) {
>     // …
>   };

This is better as it avoids confusion between constructor name and name of 
argument:

  NewDate.prototype.toString = function (selector) {
    // …
  };


PointedEars
-- 
> If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices"
> in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right...
Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field.
  -- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14