On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:44 AM, /#!/JoePea <[email protected]> wrote:
> What's the good reason that object-initializer methods can't be constructors
> though? I mean, I get that "that's what spec says", but what's the actual
> good reason?
Because they're methods, not functions. The distinction between the
two was merely semantic in ES5, but now it's mechanical, due to
super(); constructing something intended as a method would make
super() behave in confusing and unintuitive ways, so methods just
don't have a constructor any more.
There are several very similar ways you can write your example that do
achieve what you want. As Allen said, you can just use the non-concise
syntax, explicitly typing "function" (or better, "class") for each of
the values. This is only a few characters more and achieves exactly
what you want.
It's been explained to you already in previous threads why super() is
designed the way it is, and how a dynamic super() would add
significant cost to some situations. Making this one niche use-case
("I want to define several constructor-only classes inline in an
object initializer") require a few characters less is not a
sufficiently worthwhile benefit for the cost. Just type the few extra
characters (exactly what you would have typed in ES5, so it's not even
a new imposition), and you'll be fine.
~TJ
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