JavaScript Object.create — inheriting nested properties

Question

I\'ve come across a peculiarity with Douglas Crockfords Object.create method which I\'m hoping someone might be able to explain:

If I create an object - say \'person

Answer 1

The reason the name attribute isn't copied is because object literals in JavaScript are always references, therefore the reference is copied (not its content) ... so it is not because it is deeper in the prototype chain or because it's doing a shallow copy.