Referring to javascript instance methods with a pound/hash sign
This question is similar to Why are methods in Ruby documentation preceded by a hash sign? I understand why in Ruby instance methods are proceeded with a pound sign, helping to differentiate talking about SomeClass#someMethod from SomeObject.someMethod and allowing rdoc to work. And I understand that the authors of PrototypeJS admire Ruby (with good reason) and so they use the hash mark convention in their documentation . My question is: is this a standard practice amongst JavaScript developers or is it just Prototype developers who do this? Asked another way, is it proper for me to refer to