No one care to comment? Hope I didn't mistake how super works. > On May 8, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Glen Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > > TLDR: If `this` is used without `super` (which should be statically > analyzable), let it refer to Object.create(new.target.prototype). Otherwise, > let super creates what it refers to. > > I know the reason to force `super` in derived class's constructor is to make > sure `this` refers to the exotic object the base class might allocate. > > But I bet in real world, extending base classes who only create ordinary > objects is more common than extending those create exotic objects. And forget > to call super is going to be frequent mistake. In es5, when you extend a > class like this > > ```js > function Foo() { > Bar.call(this) > } > Foo.prototype = Object.create(Bar.prototype); > ``` > > `this` refers to Object.create(new.target.prototype). So I wonder if we can > keep this behavior, making things less surprising when people transit to es > 2015?
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