|                                          |  | Browser-friendly inheritance fully compatible with standard node.js[inherits](http://nodejs.org/api/util.html#util_util_inherits_constructor_superconstructor).
This package exports standard `inherits` from node.js `util` module innode environment, but also provides alternative browser-friendlyimplementation through [browserfield](https://gist.github.com/shtylman/4339901). Alternativeimplementation is a literal copy of standard one located in standalonemodule to avoid requiring of `util`. It also has a shim for oldbrowsers with no `Object.create` support.
While keeping you sure you are using standard `inherits`implementation in node.js environment, it allows bundlers such as[browserify](https://github.com/substack/node-browserify) to notinclude full `util` package to your client code if all you need isjust `inherits` function. It worth, because browser shim for `util`package is large and `inherits` is often the single function you needfrom it.
It's recommended to use this package instead of`require('util').inherits` for any code that has chances to be usednot only in node.js but in browser too.
## usage
```jsvar inherits = require('inherits');// then use exactly as the standard one```
## note on version ~1.0
Version ~1.0 had completely different motivation and is not compatibleneither with 2.0 nor with standard node.js `inherits`.
If you are using version ~1.0 and planning to switch to ~2.0, becareful:
* new version uses `super_` instead of `super` for referencing  superclass* new version overwrites current prototype while old one preserves any  existing fields on it
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