Until ES.next, I’ve stuck to the simple rule: Always use `new` when you want to create an instance. That avoids confusion when it comes to functions such as String and Boolean: I like using them to coerce values.
Given that value object constructors such as uint64 are currently invoked without `new`, I’m wondering whether that rule changes: - Do we still need `new`? If we had class declarations, their desugared versions could easily always create new instances, whether invoked via `new` or as a function. The same holds for object exemplars: Calling such an exemplar could “instantiate” it. - Should there be alternate, possibly less confusing, ways of coercing values? ToPrimitive() would certainly be nice to have. Axel -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [email protected] home: rauschma.de twitter: twitter.com/rauschma blog: 2ality.com
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