Private variables in inherited prototypes

Question

I think I have misunderstood how Javascript prototypal inheritance works. Specifically, the prototypes internal variables seem to be shared between multiple different sub-ob

Answer 1

I just found other tricky solution, without exporting any methods/variables to public objects.

function A(inherit) {
    var privates = { //setup private vars, they could be also changed, added in method or children
        a: 1,
        b: 2,
        c: 3
    };
    //setup public methods which uses privates
    this.aPlus = bindPlus("aPlus", this, privates); //pass method name as string!
    this.aGet = bindPlus("aGet", this, privates);
    if (inherit) {
        return privates;
    }
}
A.prototype.aPlus = function () {
    var args = getArgs(arguments),
        //self is "this" here 
        self = args.shift(),
        privates = args.shift(),
        //function real arguments
        n = args.shift();
    return privates.a += n;
};

A.prototype.aGet = function (n) {
    var args = getArgs(arguments),
        self = args.shift(),
        privates = args.shift();
    console.log(this, self, privates);
    return privates.a;
};

//utilites
function getArgs(arg) {
    return Array.prototype.slice.call(arg);
}

function bindPlus(funct, self, privates) {
    return function () {
        return Object.getPrototypeOf(self)[funct].bind(this, self, privates).apply(null, arguments);
    };
}

//inherited 
function B(inherit) {
    var privates = Object.getPrototypeOf(this).constructor.call(this, true);
    privates.d = 4;
    this.dGet = bindPlus("dGet", this, privates);
    if (inherit) {
        return privates;
    }
}

B.prototype = Object.create(A.prototype);
B.constructor = B;

B.prototype.aGet = function () {
    var args = getArgs(arguments),
        self = args.shift(),
        privates = args.shift();
    console.warn("B.aGet", this, privates);
    return privates.a;
};

B.prototype.dGet = function () {
    var args = getArgs(arguments),
        self = args.shift(),
        privates = args.shift();
    console.warn("B.dGet", this, privates);
    return privates.d;
};


// tests
var b = new B();
var a = new A();

//should be 223
console.log("223 ?",b.aPlus(222));

//should be 42
console.log("41",a.aPlus(222));

More test and samples here: http://jsfiddle.net/oceog/TJH9Q/