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// Copyright (C) 2016 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
// This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
/*---
esid: sec-runtime-semantics-classdefinitionevaluation
description: >
Attempting to call `super()` in a null-extending class throws a TypeError,
because %FunctionPrototype% cannot be called as constructor function.
info: |
Runtime Semantics: ClassDefinitionEvaluation
[...]
5. If ClassHeritageopt is not present, then
[...]
6. Else,
[...]
b. Let superclass be the result of evaluating ClassHeritage.
[...]
e. If superclass is null, then
[...]
ii. Let constructorParent be the intrinsic object %FunctionPrototype%.
[...]
15. Let constructorInfo be the result of performing DefineMethod for constructor with arguments proto and constructorParent as the optional functionPrototype argument.
[...]
12.3.5.1 Runtime Semantics: Evaluation
SuperCall : super Arguments
[...]
3. Let func be ! GetSuperConstructor().
4. Let argList be ? ArgumentListEvaluation of Arguments.
5. If IsConstructor(func) is false, throw a TypeError exception.
[...]
---*/
var unreachable = 0;
var reachable = 0;
class C extends null {
constructor() {
reachable += 1;
super();
unreachable += 1;
}
}
assert.throws(TypeError, function() {
new C();
});
assert.sameValue(reachable, 1);
assert.sameValue(unreachable, 0);
reportCompare(0, 0);