> 
> Well, even it's confusing it's still better than `of` for the use case, and some other alternatives:
> Array.fromItems // fromXXX has another benifit that alternative constructors (String.fromCharCode, Array.from) all begin with `from`
> Array.fromList
> Array.fromArguments
> Array.newArray
> Array.makeArray
> Array.theFixedConstructorWithoutGotchas
> 
> I like the last one ;) what about you?

Of/from the alternatives proposed, I find `Array.fromArguments` compelling, because it is self-descriptive once you know what does `Array.from`:

    Array.fromArguments = function() { return Array.from(arguments) }

Remarkably, `Array.fromElements` sounds particularly bad to my ears, because it seems to be a synonym of `Array.from` when applied to an array. ("Array from [the] elements [of] ...")

Personally, I'd not thought that `Array.of` would be a problem, but apparently, since even people that are fine with that name tend to mingle it with `Array.from`... 

That was my two cents.

—Claude

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> Well, even it's confusing it's still better than `of` for the use case, and some other alternatives:
>
> ```js
> Array.fromItems // fromXXX has another benifit that alternative constructors (String.fromCharCode, Array.from) all begin with `from`
> Array.fromList
> Array.fromArguments
> Array.newArray
> Array.makeArray
> Array.theFixedConstructorWithoutGotchas
> ```
> 
> I like the last one ;) what about you?

Of/from the alternatives proposed, I find `Array.fromArguments` compelling, because it is self-descriptive once you know what does `Array.from`:

    Array.fromArguments = function() { return Array.from(arguments) }

Remarkably, `Array.fromElements` sounds particularly bad to my ears, because it seems to be a synonym of `Array.from` when applied to an array. ("Array from [the] elements [of] ...")

Personally, I'd not thought that `Array.of` would be a problem, but apparently, since even people that are fine with that name tend to mingle it with `Array.from`...