It is indeed nasty ... and for that extra nastiness, above and beyond the inheritance pattern listed above, you get: * A subclass that inherits the parent's im

It is indeed nasty ... and for that extra nastiness, above and beyond the inheritance pattern listed above, you get: * A subclass that inherits the parent's implementation of the constructor function, unless overridden. * A named function for your class object, without IE scope leaks. * A way to call super that's as easy as `super()`. * Inheritance of the parent's own properties (unfortunately via copying). * ... which enables helpful metaprogramming within class bodies. For example, Batman's own `event` decorator: use: @event (times) -> return false unless ...