> On Apr 10, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de> wrote:
> 
> No engine has implemented subclassing of `Array`, yet: http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/#Array_is_subclassable <http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/#Array_is_subclassable>
> 
> And, as Sebastian mentioned, you can’t transpile it, because it depends on the cooperation of `Array`: it becomes the base constructor and allocates an exotic array instance (with special handling for `length` etc.) whose prototype is `new.target`.

note totally true:

```js
class SubArray extends Array {
   constructor(…args) {
      let newObj = new Array(…args);
      newObj.__proto__ = SubArray.prototype;  //or new.target.prototype
      return newObj
    }
    subclassMethiod() {}
}
```

Allen
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On Apr 10, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de> wrote:

> And, as Sebastian mentioned, you can’t transpile it, because it depends on the cooperation of `Array`: it becomes the base constructor and allocates an exotic array instance (with special handling for `length` etc.) whose prototype is `new.target`.

not totally true:

```js
class SubArray extends Array {
   constructor(…args) {
      let newObj = new Array(…args);
      newObj.__proto__ = SubArray.prototype;  //or new.target.prototype
      return newObj
    }
    subclassMethiod() {}
}
```

On Apr 10, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de> wrote:

> And, as Sebastian mentioned, you can’t transpile it, because it depends on the cooperation of `Array`: it becomes the base constructor and allocates an exotic array instance (with special handling for `length` etc.) whose prototype is `new.target`.

note totally true:

```js
class SubArray extends Array {
   constructor(…args) {
      let newObj = new Array(…args);
      newObj.__proto__ = SubArray.prototype;  //or new.target.prototype
      return newObj
    }
    subclassMethiod() {}
}
```