Is it possible to create a function with another prototype than Function.prototype?

Question

I am working on a parser combinator library in JavaScript. For that I want to create functions that can be called like any other functions, but also have member functions th

Answer 1

A short answer to your question would be: Yes.

function Parent() {
    // constructor
}

function Child() {
    // constructor
}

Child.prototype = new Parent();

Here's how to add methods to your Child class:

Child.prototype.someMethod = function() {
    // do something
}

It's been a long time that I've used Javascript in an object-oriented fashion unfortunately, but I believe there are some solutions to make the syntax a little bit clearer.