Comment on Node.js Best PracticesparentComments−cygx11yYup. The proper way to emulate new is Foo.call(Object.create(Foo.prototype))−LazerBear11yDouglas Crockford, is that you? Oh the lengths people will go to avoid using 'new'...I wonder if any linters out there warn when they see something like: something = SomeCapitalizedFunction() Because forgetting to use 'new' is really the only thing I could think of that makes this pattern dangerous.−jdlshore11yYes, jslint and jshint both do, by default, iirc. They'll also warn on the opposite (using 'new' with a function that doesn't start with an uppercase letter).−LazerBear11yAh that's fantastic, i've been using them for a while and never noticed.
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Yup. The proper way to emulate new is
Douglas Crockford, is that you? Oh the lengths people will go to avoid using 'new'...
I wonder if any linters out there warn when they see something like:
Because forgetting to use 'new' is really the only thing I could think of that makes this pattern dangerous.Yes, jslint and jshint both do, by default, iirc. They'll also warn on the opposite (using 'new' with a function that doesn't start with an uppercase letter).
Ah that's fantastic, i've been using them for a while and never noticed.