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— > new (function boop() {})
boop {}
> new (function boop() {})()
boop {}

— Empty object is passed into the function as this

— Oh, I see. I wonder what the criteria is for that error then

— Must be implemented within the function

— Function MyClass() {
if (!(this instanceof MyClass)) {
throw Error('Not a constructor');
}
}

— Stuff like Math will probably throw that to avoid confusion

— Wonderful

— Yup

— > new Math()
TypeError: Math is not a constructor

— Apart from my now-apparent wrong assumptions, you did say this is not a problem. Care to elaborate?

— Well, my approach is always using symbols:

(in own file, aka wrapped in IIFE):

const priv = new Symbol();

class MyClass {
  constructor () {
    this[priv] = { value: 42 };
  }
  digitSum () {
    return String(this[priv].value)
      .split('').reduce((sum, digit) =>
        sum + digit, 0);
  }
}

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