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		1718627440 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The key to getting MVC correct is understanding wh... > a factory can vary the return type, unlike a plain constructor That's a language limitation and has nothing to do with the design pattern. You can do this just fine e.g. in Python.

idontwantthis 3 months ago [–]

You could do that more or less in Javascript by creating and initializing different member variables in the constructor depending on a constructor argument but I would hate you for it.

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