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

Here is my version of createSomething:

function createSomething() {
    var obj = {};
    obj = Something.apply(obj, arguments) || obj;
    obj.__proto__ = Something.prototype; //Object.setPrototypeOf(obj, Something.prototype); 
    return o;
}

Based on that, I tried to simulate the new keyword of JavaScript:

//JavaScript 'new' keyword simulation
function new2() {
    var obj = {}, args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments), fn = args.shift();
    obj = fn.apply(obj, args) || obj;
    Object.setPrototypeOf(obj, fn.prototype); //or: obj.__proto__ = fn.prototype;
    return obj;
}

I tested it and it seems that it works perfectly fine for all scenarios. It also works on native constructors like Date. Here are some tests:

//test
new2(Something);
new2(Something, 1, 2);

new2(Date);         //"Tue May 13 2014 01:01:09 GMT-0700" == new Date()
new2(Array);        //[]                                  == new Array()
new2(Array, 3);     //[undefined × 3]                     == new Array(3)
new2(Object);       //Object {}                           == new Object()
new2(Object, 2);    //Number {}                           == new Object(2)
new2(Object, "s");  //String {0: "s", length: 1}          == new Object("s")
new2(Object, true); //Boolean {}                          == new Object(true)