Effective [removed] Making your Constructor Function new-agnostic

Question

I\'ve been reading \'Effective JavaScript\' lately and I came across this question.

The author explains how it\'s important to make your Constructor Function new-ag

Answer 1

Yes, the effect is the same, however, it allocates one more object. The constructor is meant to be used with new, and this technique takes car of the cases where the programmer has forgotten the new.

It would be better to throw an exception in the latter case if you ask me.