Introduce val::new_ for constructor invocation

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/embind/emval.js b/src/embind/emval.js
index 56c307bf..39f23a61 100755
--- a/src/embind/emval.js
+++ b/src/embind/emval.js
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ function __emval_take_value(type, v) {
     return __emval_register(v);
 }
 
+function __emval_new(handle) {
+    return __emval_register(new (_emval_handle_array[handle].value))
+}
+
 var global = (function(){return Function;})()('return this')();
 
 function __emval_get_global(name) {
diff --git a/system/include/emscripten/val.h b/system/include/emscripten/val.h
index 3d0a3e60..22a7776a 100644
--- a/system/include/emscripten/val.h
+++ b/system/include/emscripten/val.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace emscripten {
             EM_VAL _emval_new_cstring(const char*);
             void _emval_take_value(TYPEID type/*, ...*/);
 
+            EM_VAL _emval_new(EM_VAL value);
+
             EM_VAL _emval_get_global(const char* name);
             EM_VAL _emval_get_property(EM_VAL object, EM_VAL key);
             void _emval_set_property(EM_VAL object, EM_VAL key, EM_VAL value);
@@ -102,6 +104,10 @@ namespace emscripten {
         bool hasOwnProperty(const char* key) const {
             return val::global("Object")["prototype"]["hasOwnProperty"].call("call", *this, val(key)).as<bool>();
         }
+
+        val new_() const {
+            return val(internal::_emval_new(handle));
+        }
         
         template<typename T>
         val operator[](const T& key) const {