why not "new" instead of "constructor"?

[Axel Rauschmayer]

>> I like the idea of replacing the method name “constructor” with something better, but “new” suggests instantiation *and* initialization to me. Is “init” a possibility?
> 
> Who said anything about "replacing"?
> 
> If we are trying to match or sugar the prototypal pattern, then whatever the constructor name or keyword in the syntax, there must be for class C a back-link C.prototype.constructor.


I only meant replacing in as far as the method that was previously called “constructor” is now called “new” in Allen’s example:

let Point = class {
   x: 0,  //not really needed unless defining an object exemplar 
   y: 0, 
   new(x,y) {
      this.x = x;
      this.y=y;
   }
};

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