[thelist] prototype vs. adding method

[Erik]

Not sure if "referencing a method" would be the correct way of saying 
it but ...

Someone tells me that someone told them that adding a prototype to an 
object will use less RAM than if you make a function a method of that 
object ... because the prototype is "stored only once" ... is this 
true? Seems like it might be.

Example:

function showColor() {
	alert(this.fur_color);
}

function Dog(fur_color) {
	this.fur_color = fur_color;
	this.showColor = showColor;
}

fido = new Dog('white');
spot = new Dog('brown');

VS:

function Dog(fur_color) {
	this.fur_color = fur_color;
}

Dog.prototype.showColor = new Function { alert(this.fur_color) };

fido = new Dog('white');
spot = new Dog('brown');

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I'm not sure if I got the prototype thing correct - I've always done 
it the first way.
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- Erik Mattheis

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