A quick fix would be, in a linker, to substitute "new $wnd.Object" with "{}". It's possible to write a peephole pass to fix this in the Compiler, but I think given the number of people clamoring for GWT 2.8 and the other more pressing issues, this would be low on the totem pole.
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Paul Stockley <pstockl...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you define an object literal as > > @JsType(isNative = true, namespace = JsPackage.GLOBAL, name="Object") > public class SomeObjLiteral { > > } > > > Calling new on this results in the following javascript code 'new > $wnd.Object'. You could just emit {} instead. > > It is surprising the number times you see this code especially for React > code bases and when dealing with JSON structures. > > Is it worth filing an issue? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Contributors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-web-toolkit-contributors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/e1388465-ce9f-4bd9-8846-d4de7dc635f8%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit-contributors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CAPVRV7d1U4LvBySTrw2Lh_ao%3D2Bme9T%2BBAk1u%3DSy%2BxGtfKa6Zg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.