为什么要在函数定义之外引用静态变量(函数属性）

我正在查看JavaScript中的静态变量，我注意到我以前看到过的东西，函数被定义，在函数定义之后，函数原型被更新：

function MyClass () { // constructor function
  //function definition here
}
//now add a (static?) method *outside* the function definition
MyClass.prototype.publicMethod = function () {
  alert(this.publicVariable);
};
//add a static property *outside* the function definition
MyClass.staticProperty = "baz";

这是我的问题 - 为什么不在函数定义中定义它们，如下所示：

  function MyFunc(){
    MyFunc.staticVar = 1;
    //static method showing static var
    MyFunc.showVarStatic  = function(){
        alert(MyFunc.staticVar);
    }
    //instance method referring to static var
    this.showVarInstance = function(){
        alert(MyFunc.staticVar);
    }
    //instance method - doesn't change static var
    this.inc1 = function(){
        this.staticVar += 1;//no such property
    }
    //static method, changes var
    this.inc2 = function(){
        MyFunc.staticVar += 1;//increments static property
    }
  }

这似乎在IE8，FF和Chrome中表现得像预期的那样。 这只是个人喜好/风格的事情吗？ 我喜欢它，因为我的整个功能都包含在那些大括号中。

[编辑：在做了更多的阅读和实验之后，我对javascript函数是如何是构造函数的，以及它们与C#类的区别 - 这是我用来演示这一点的一些代码]

//this is deceiving, notSoStaticVar won't exist until MyFunc1 has been run
//and then it will be reset whenever MyFunc1 (a constructor) is run
function MyFunc1(){
    MyFunc1.notSoStaticVar = "I belong to MyFunc1";
    this.instanceVar = "I belong to instances of MyFunc1";
}
//this code will be run inline one time, 
//so the static property of MyFunc2 will exist
//(I like how all the functionality is in one code block, but it's kind of messy)
MyFunc2 = (function(){
    var temp = function(){
        this.instanceVar = "I belong to an instance of MyFunc2";
    }
    temp.staticVar = "I belong to MyFunc2";
    return temp;
})();
//this seems to be equivalent to MyFunc2, but the code is cleaner
MyFunc3 = function(){
}
MyFunc3.prototype.instanceVar = "I belong to an instance of MyFunc3";
MyFunc3.staticVar = "I belong to MyFunc3";
//tests
console.log(MyFunc1.notSoStaticVar);//undefined!
var a = new MyFunc1();
console.log(MyFunc1.notSoStaticVar);//"I belong to MyFunc1"
console.log(a.instanceVar);//"I belong to instances of MyFunc1"
MyFunc1.notSoStaticVar = "I will be changed when another instance of MyFunc1 is created";
console.log(MyFunc1.notSoStaticVar);//"I will be changed when another instance of MyFunc1 is created"
var b = new MyFunc1();
console.log(MyFunc1.notSoStaticVar);//"I belong to MyFunc1" - was reset by constructor!
//now test MyFunc2
console.log(MyFunc2.staticVar);//"I belong to MyFunc2"
MyFunc2.staticVar = "I am not affected by the construction of new MyFunc2 objects";
var c = new MyFunc2();
console.log(c.instanceVar);//"I belong to an instance of MyFunc2"
console.log(MyFunc2.staticVar);//"I am not affected by the construction of new MyFunc2 objects"
//now test MyFunc3
console.log(MyFunc3.staticVar);//"I belong to MyFunc3"
MyFunc3.staticVar = "I am not affected by the construction of new MyFunc3 objects";
var d = new MyFunc3();
console.log(d.instanceVar);//"I belong to an instance of MyFunc3"
console.log(MyFunc3.staticVar);//"I am not affected by the construction of new MyFunc3 objects"
//interesting
console.log(c);//"temp" <-- not really intuitive!
console.log(d);//"MyFunc3" <-- makes sense