Thread:Mathmagician/@comment-3508190-20120504092551/@comment-4674838-20120509055650

Ah, thanks for clarifying about some of the different usages. I have noticed and been using some of these myself -- but without ever receiving such an explanation. This is complicated by the fact that I am still very much uncomfortable with an object also being a function and vice-versa.


 * "The jQuery docs call everything that extends $ a function and everything that extends $ a method. That's all."

To me, "B extends A" means B is a subclass of A (B inherits from A). Is this what you mean by "extends"? If $ is an object, then saying that something extends it (i.e. $ has a subclass) conceptually makes sense to me. But what does it mean to say that something extends $ ? Again, to me, $ in terms of syntax does not look like an object. I do not know what it means to "extend" something that is not an object.


 * "Just so we're clear: I started to use jQuery when I came to Wikia two or three months ago."

That's alright, talking with someone is preferable to reading documentation, and you've been very helpful. (If I'm being bothersome or anything with my questions feel free to stop replying.)