Use of .apply() with 'new' operator. Is this possible?

Question

In JavaScript, I want to create an object instance (via the new operator), but pass an arbitrary number of arguments to the constructor. Is this possible?

Answer 1

See also how CoffeeScript does it.

s = new Something([a,b,c]...)

becomes:

var s;
s = (function(func, args, ctor) {
  ctor.prototype = func.prototype;
  var child = new ctor, result = func.apply(child, args);
  return Object(result) === result ? result : child;
})(Something, [a, b, c], function(){});