> I'm wondering, why class instance is being created while
> initialization method throws an error?

> var C = Class.create({
>   initialization : function() {
>     throw new Error('Hey, you can\'t have any instances of this
> class!')
>   },
>   foo : 'foofoo' ,
>   bar : function() {
>     alert(this.foo)
>   }

> });

> var c = new C();
> c.bar();

> Demo linkhttp://jsbin.com/inoqi

> Variable c should be 'undefined' I suppose, without any methods and
> properties.
> Seems like there is actually no way to stop instance from being
> created.

> Hi,

> The initializer is called "initialize", not "initialization" (see the
> docs[1]).  Your code throwing the exception isn't being called, hence
> the exception not being thrown.  If you use the correct name, the
> exception is thrown and correctly propagates out to the code creating
> the object.

> [1] http://api.prototypejs.org/language/class.html

> HTH,
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> Independent Software Consultant
> tj / crowder software / com
> www.crowdersoftware.com

> On Nov 6, 4:23 pm, Ilya Furman <smashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello!

>> I'm wondering, why class instance is being created while
>> initialization method throws an error?

>> var C = Class.create({
>>   initialization : function() {
>>     throw new Error('Hey, you can\'t have any instances of this
>> class!')
>>   },
>>   foo : 'foofoo' ,
>>   bar : function() {
>>     alert(this.foo)
>>   }

>> });

>> var c = new C();
>> c.bar();

>> Demo linkhttp://jsbin.com/inoqi

>> Variable c should be 'undefined' I suppose, without any methods and
>> properties.
>> Seems like there is actually no way to stop instance from being
>> created.