Why are methods of String.prototype available to string literals?

Question

This question has come out of another, which concerns the behaviour of console.dir with string literals. In particular, see the comments on my answer.

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Answer 1

You are almost right. There is something called autoboxing (wrapping primitives in objects) http://princepthomas.blogspot.com/2011/07/auto-boxing-javascript-primitive-types.html

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edit: sory for duplication of Mike Christensen link - I did not notice it.