Confusing JavaScript statement: “var x = new this();”

Question

I thought I understood the concept of the JavaScript prototype object, as well as [[proto]] until I saw a few posts regarding class inheritance.

Firstly, \"JavaScript OO

Answer 1

this() refers to the the function that the code is in, but this() would have to be within that function. Calling new this(); within a function would create a never ending loop. Calling it outside of a function would be redundant because there is no function/class set as this().