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Created November 28, 2011 13:32
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an attempt to make the new operator dynamically invokeable
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newOperator.js
// Requires a native Function.prototype.bind (IE9+, FF4+, Chrome, Opera 12, no Safari)
function newOperator(constructor, args) {
var params = [undefined].concat(args)
var cst = Function.prototype.bind.apply(constructor, params);
return new cst();
}
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jed commented Nov 28, 2011

oh, nice. this works:

(new (Function.prototype.bind.apply(Date, [1995, 11, 24]))).toUTCString()

if only it were cross-platform...

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tsaniel commented Dec 2, 2011

It should be

(new (Function.prototype.bind.apply(Date, [window, 1995, 11, 24]))).toUTCString()

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