Recursive object descent and prototype reassignment

inheritize.js

function inheritize(root){
    Object.keys(root).forEach(function(key){
        var branch = root[key];
        if (typeof branch === "object") {
            Object.keys(branch).forEach(function(key){
                var leaf = branch[key];
                if (typeof leaf === "object" && typeof root[key] === "object") {
                    // In the HOPEFULLY near future this would be replaced with:
                    // Object.setPrototypeOf(leaf, root[key]);
                    leaf.__proto__ = root[key];
                }
            });
            inheritize(branch);
        }
    });

    return root;
}