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A little JavaScript nugget re: scope-safe constructors:

	// here's your scope-safe constructor:
	function Book(title) {
	if (this instanceof Book) {
	this.title = title;
	} else {
	return new Book(title);
	}
	}
	// and here's a nice thing you can do with scope-safe constructors:
	var books = [
	'JavaScript: The Definitive Guide',
	'Professional JavaScript for Web Developers',
	'JavaScript: The Good Parts',
	'JavaScript Patterns',
	'Developing Backbone.js Applications'
	// etc.
	];
	books.map(Book);

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The crux here is how the scope-safe trick (with instanceof) turns the constructor into a factory for itself, which allows you to pass it to map or any similar function where you might want to operate on a whole bunch of items.

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