v1.0.1

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 utils CHANGES
 =============
 
+# v1.0.1
+* Added GetType utility so I don't have to keep limping with typeof (credit to [Angus Croll](http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/fixing-the-javascript-typeof-operator/) )
+* Prototypal is unnecessary in nodejs enviroment.

lib/utils.js

@@ -39,53 +39,8 @@ function extend(original, extensions) {
     return original;
 };
 
-
-/**
- * 'prototypal' creates and returns a prototypal constructor function.  The 
- *  returned constructor will return a new object spawned from the given 
- *  parent object, initialized by 'initializer', and augmented with 'methods'
- *
- *  prototypal(parent, initializer, methods) {...}
- *
- * parent:
- *  the parent object to extend
- *
- * initializer:
- *  the function to initialize newly constructed instances
- *
- * methods:
- *  an object containing functions to augment newly constructed instances
- *
- */
-
-function prototypal(parent, initializer, methods) {
-
-    // declare init, declare prototype, then assign to it the result
-    // of passing a valid parent object's prototype to Object.create
-    var func, prototype = Object.create(parent && parent.prototype);
-
-    if (methods) {
-
-        Object.keys(methods).forEach(function (key) {
-            prototype[key] = methods[key];
-        });
-    }
-
-    func = function () {
-        var that = Object.create(prototype);
-
-        if (typeof initializer === 'function') {
-            initializer.apply(that, arguments);
-        }
-        return that;
-    };
-
-    func.prototype = prototype;
-
-    prototype.constructor = func;
-
-    return func;
-
+var getType = function(obj) {
+  return ({}).toString.call(obj).match(/\s([a-zA-Z]+)/)[1].toLowerCase()
 };
 
 // returns that to which an XOR expression would evaluate
@@ -102,8 +57,7 @@ module.exports = {
     //     var cloned 
     // }
     extend: extend,
-
-    prototypal: prototypal,
+    getType: getType,
     XOR: XOR,
 
     BYTE: BYTE,

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "techjeffharris-utils", 
     "description": "handy utilties",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "1.0.1",
     "author": "Jeff Harris <techjeffharris@gmail.com> (http://www.intangiblehost.net)",
     "repository": "https://github.com/techjeffharris/utils.git",
     "license": {