Should I be able to apply `new`?

[Jeff Walden]

P T Withington wrote:
> Suppose I have a function that wants to be able to construct  
> arbitrary objects and manipulate them:
> 
> function maker () {
>    var o = new arguments[0].apply(?, arguments.slice(1));
>    ...
>    return o;
> }
> 
> The syntax does not allow for this.  Should it?

I'd thought to do that you'd do something like this (don't have time to spec-verify at the moment, but this is in the right vein at least):

> function maker () {
>    var o = arguments[0].intrinsic::construct.apply(null, arguments.slice(1));
>    ...
>    return o;
> }

The |null| is purely a guess; I suspect whatever's actually there is ignored.

Jeff

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