Too much recursion 

Higher Order Javascript

 

/*function newObject() richard maloney 2006 
  Args: 2+ objects
  Usage:send in n objects and it'll return one object inheriting
        all the prop & methods of the objects passed in       */ 
function object() { 
  var o=arguments,len=o.length-1,nextObj; 
  while(len--){
    function f() {}  
    f.prototype =o[0], nextO=o[len+1];
    for ( var i in nextO) { f.prototype[i]=nextO[i]; }
  }
  return new f();
}

  // setup the objects    
  myFruitObj= {a:'apple', b:'banana'};
  myFruitObj.peel=function(){this.b='banana peel';}
  myFruitObj2={c:'carrot', d:'dill pickle'};
  myFruitObj3={e:'eel', f:'fish', time:function(){alert('lets eat some'+ this.e)} }; 
  // example call to our new function in this case 
  // existing myFruitObj3 is overridden  
  myFruitObj3=object(myFruitObj,myFruitObj2,myFruitObj3);

  for ( var i in myFruitObj3) {
    alert(i +" : "+ myFruitObj3[i])    
  }

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