//// [classExtendsValidConstructorFunction.ts] function foo() { } var x = new foo(); // can be used as a constructor function class C extends foo { } // error, cannot extend it though //// [classExtendsValidConstructorFunction.js] var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || (function () { var extendStatics = function (d, b) { extendStatics = Object.setPrototypeOf || ({ __proto__: [] } instanceof Array && function (d, b) { d.__proto__ = b; }) || function (d, b) { for (var p in b) if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(b, p)) d[p] = b[p]; }; return extendStatics(d, b); }; return function (d, b) { if (typeof b !== "function" && b !== null) throw new TypeError("Class extends value " + String(b) + " is not a constructor or null"); extendStatics(d, b); function __() { this.constructor = d; } d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __()); }; })(); function foo() { } var x = new foo(); // can be used as a constructor function var C = /** @class */ (function (_super) { __extends(C, _super); function C() { return _super !== null && _super.apply(this, arguments) || this; } return C; }(foo)); // error, cannot extend it though