From 3941be193a3391ab90272738bc17337c0cf5f58e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Davies <jason@jasondavies.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 00:10:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove extraneous parentheses from `new` operator.

Parentheses are optional if there are no arguments.
---
 d3.js                   | 6 +++---
 examples/clock/clock.js | 2 +-
 src/core/date.js        | 2 +-
 src/core/object.js      | 2 +-
 src/core/xhr.js         | 2 +-
 tests/test-keys.js      | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/d3.js b/d3.js
index d39e1bbb..cf2c225b 100644
--- a/d3.js
+++ b/d3.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 (function(){d3 = {version: "1.17.0"}; // semver
 if (!Date.now) Date.now = function() {
-  return +new Date();
+  return +new Date;
 };
 if (!Object.create) Object.create = function(o) {
   /** @constructor */ function f() {}
   f.prototype = o;
-  return new f();
+  return new f;
 };
 var d3_array = d3_arraySlice; // conversion for NodeLists
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ d3.round = function(x, n) {
       : Math.round(x);
 };
 d3.xhr = function(url, mime, callback) {
-  var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  var req = new XMLHttpRequest;
   if (arguments.length < 3) callback = mime;
   else if (mime && req.overrideMimeType) req.overrideMimeType(mime);
   req.open("GET", url, true);
diff --git a/examples/clock/clock.js b/examples/clock/clock.js
index 4889e73c..c9c23254 100644
--- a/examples/clock/clock.js
+++ b/examples/clock/clock.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ d3.timer(function() {
 
 // Generate the fields for the current date/time.
 function fields() {
-  var d = new Date();
+  var d = new Date;
 
   function days() {
     return 32 - new Date(d.getYear(), d.getMonth(), 32).getDate();
diff --git a/src/core/date.js b/src/core/date.js
index dab16724..e682d4cb 100644
--- a/src/core/date.js
+++ b/src/core/date.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if (!Date.now) Date.now = function() {
-  return +new Date();
+  return +new Date;
 };
diff --git a/src/core/object.js b/src/core/object.js
index ded62cda..a284decc 100644
--- a/src/core/object.js
+++ b/src/core/object.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if (!Object.create) Object.create = function(o) {
   /** @constructor */ function f() {}
   f.prototype = o;
-  return new f();
+  return new f;
 };
diff --git a/src/core/xhr.js b/src/core/xhr.js
index cc15015f..4ed073b2 100644
--- a/src/core/xhr.js
+++ b/src/core/xhr.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 d3.xhr = function(url, mime, callback) {
-  var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  var req = new XMLHttpRequest;
   if (arguments.length < 3) callback = mime;
   else if (mime && req.overrideMimeType) req.overrideMimeType(mime);
   req.open("GET", url, true);
diff --git a/tests/test-keys.js b/tests/test-keys.js
index 834aa007..d1d300f6 100644
--- a/tests/test-keys.js
+++ b/tests/test-keys.js
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ console.log("  " + d3.keys({a: 1, b: 2}).sort());
 console.log("");
 
 console.log("inherited keys:");
-console.log("  " + d3.keys(new Abc()).sort());
+console.log("  " + d3.keys(new Abc).sort());
 console.log("");