Paws.coffee

# `construct()` comes from:
# https://github.com/elliottcable/Paws.js/blob/84c75de3ec6f829501bfdc9d0d6e472b31ed7d9a/Source/utilities.coffee#L39-L47

Label: class Label extends Thing
   constructor: (string) ->
      it = construct this
      super.apply(it)
      
      it.alien = new String string
      it.alien.native = this
      
      return it

Of note:

• The construct() approach taken here is about to be replaced with a bit more “magic” metaprogrammatic approach, with a higher-level function (constructify()?) that automatically wraps our constructor such that it operates the same way we've got it working here with an explicit construct()
• Boxing string for a performance enhancement elsewhere
• having to return it, as CoffeeScript doesn't treat constructors the way it treats everything else (understandably.) when it comes to return values; without an explicit return, which CoffeeScript won't automatically provide here, JavaScript returns the original this of the function, which we're changing.