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| // In JavaScript, constructors can only be synchronous right now. This makes sense | |
| // from the point of view that a constructor is a function that returns a newly | |
| // initialized object. | |
| // | |
| // On the other hand, it would sometimes be very handy, if one could have async | |
| // constructors, e.g. when a class represents a database connection, and it is | |
| // desired to establish the connection when you create a new instance. | |
| // | |
| // I know that there have been discussions on this on StackOverflow & co., but | |
| // the so-far mentioned counter arguments (such as: doesn't work as expected |