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().

Answer 2

A simpler code explaination:

class User {
  constructor() {
    this.name = '';
    this.age = '';
  }
  static getInfo() {
    let user = new this();
    console.log(user);
  } 
}

User.getInfo()

Output:

Object {
  age: "",
  name: ""
}