Just looking over your code it looks like you are defining Person, but then trying to override the function on Student, not Person.

function Person(gender) {
this.name = ‘Generic Name’;
this.gender = gender;
this.active = false;
this.findLoc = function(){
return “Antartica”;
};
var p = ‘i am private variable’;
alert(‘Person instantiated’);
}

// should override??? <— does not work!
Student.prototype.findLoc = function(){
return "America and "+Object.prototype.call(this);
}

Hmm… I would consider them instance methods, since they are accessible through instances of a class (albeit all instances), whereas a static method is accessible in the class itself.

I’m reading “JavaScript, The Definitive Guide” and what I undestand is that methods/properties created using prototype apear has they were part of the instance but they really aren’t. They’re common to all instances from the particular object.

So my question is if they’re considered instance or static.

Thanks,