On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Dmitry Lomov wrote:
> You haven't specified the constructor body, I assume you have intentionally
> omitted it, and in that case the above is equivalent to
> class A extends HTMLElement {
> constructor() {
> this = new super();
> }
> }
>
> There is no explicit passing of new^ here.
>
> new^ is really just for 'constructors that are callable as functions as
> well'. Andreas is right that it is esoteric, but supporting that seems to be
> a requirement for classes design.
But just so there is no confusion, there is implicit passing of new^ going on
in this example. That's necessary in order for HTMLElement to correctly the the
[[Prototype]] of the object allocates.
Allen
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