Call methods on native Javascript types without wrapping with ()

Question

In Javascript, we can call methods on string literals directly without enclosing it within round brackets. But not for other types such as numbers, or functions. It is a syn

Answer 1

The lexer is expecting a decimal value when it sees a number immediately proceeded by a period. Though you could get "creative" and put a space between the number, as in 7 .alert() but people would probably hunt you down for it when they get stuck maintaining your code!