Use of .apply() with 'new' operator. Is this possible?

Question

In JavaScript, I want to create an object instance (via the new operator), but pass an arbitrary number of arguments to the constructor. Is this possible?

Answer 1

Matthew Crumley's solutions in CoffeeScript:

construct = (constructor, args) ->
    F = -> constructor.apply this, args
    F.prototype = constructor.prototype
    new F

or

createSomething = (->
    F = (args) -> Something.apply this, args
    F.prototype = Something.prototype
    return -> new Something arguments
)()