gistfile1.js

// in fresh/router.js

var Router = function () {
  this.routes = [];
  // ....
  var Route = function(){
    var name = "myRoute";
  }

  Route.prototype.toString = function() {
    return("route: " + name);
  }

}



// in fresh/index.js

global.ƒ = {};

var router = new (require('fresh/router')).Router();

Object.defineProperty( ƒ, "router", { value: router, writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: false });

// include routes file, which populates the routes fine, adding them to ƒ.router.routes array 

// ..... include some other stuff to the ƒ global object

sys.inspect(ƒ);

// => 

{ config: 
   { environment: 'development'
   , appRoot: '/Users/kieran/work/fresh/'
   , logLevel: 'debug'
   , growl: true
   }
, log: 
   { debug: [Function]
   , info: [Function]
   , warn: [Function]
   , fatal: [Function]
   , flush: [Function]
   , empty: [Function]
   }
, router: 
   { routes: [ [Object], [Object] ]  // <<<<<<<<<<<
   , match: [Function]
   , resource: [Function]
   , first: [Function]
   , all: [Function]
   , url: [Function]
   }
}