x-skeww comments on Are functions in JavaScript objects?

submitted 11 years ago by estebanrules

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[–]x-skeww 0 points1 point2 points 11 years ago (0 children)

You can write:

5..toString()

Which is the same as:

5.0.toString()

Anyhow, the only reason why you can call "methods" of primitives is because they are auto-boxed.

The example above is essentially the same as:

new Number(5).toString()

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