Code smell? Iterator prototype has iterator method that returns "this"

[Claude Pache]

> Le 27 juil. 2016 à 08:56, Claude Pache <claude.pache at gmail.com> a écrit :
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>> Le 27 juil. 2016 à 07:16, Jordan Harband <ljharb at gmail.com> a écrit :
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>> `new weirdFunction()` would `=== iter` because a constructor that returns an object (`this`), returns that object when `new`ed - which is how functions have worked since ES3 (or probably ES1).
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> If `weirdFunction` were defined as if by evaluating `function () { return this }`, yes. But in general, functions are not necessarily constructors (just try `new Math.sin` in your favourite JS environment).
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> —Claude
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Correction: If `weirdFunction` were defined as if by evaluating `function () { return this }`, **no**: in such a constructor (more precisely: when such a function is used as a constructor), `this` is a brand-new "instance"; it can’t be === to a previously existing object such as `iter`.

(Given how confusing and useless it is, I hope that my intuition ("not a constructor") is correct.)

—Claude