From 5004614ab0dbb204800755fd083f84ed8feab576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Maglione <maglione.k@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:45:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment about 'new' to HACKING

---
 HACKING | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 9a468b93..83f8ef35 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ We try to be quite consistent, but of course, that's not always possible.
   The exceptions to this rule are for objects with __iterator__ set,
   and for XML objects (see README.E4X).
 
+* Avoid using 'new' with constructors where possible, and use [] and
+  {} rather than new Array/new Object.
+  Right:
+    RegExp("^" + foo + "$")
+    Function(code)
+    new Date
+  Wrong:
+    new RegExp("^" + foo + "$")
+    new Function(code)
+    Date() // Right if you want a string-representation of the date
+
 == Testing/Optimization ==
 
 TODO: Add some information here about testing/validation/etc.