Uglify Is Minifying `new Obj();` Wrong

Question

I am using gulp and gulp-uglify to minify my javascript code.

Gulp

var uglify= require('gulp-uglify');
gulp.task('javascript', function() {
    return gulp.src('./scripts/*.js')
    .pipe(uglify())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
});

Original javascript

var Site = Site || {};
Site.Code = {
    obj: new ThirdPartyObject(),
    init: function() {
        obj.thirdPartyMethod();
    }
};

Minified javascript

var Site = Site || {};
Site.Code = {obj: new ThirdPartyObject,init: function() {
    obj.thirdPartyMethod()
}};

The minifier is removing the parentheses for obj: new ThirdPartyObject and therefore my code breaks when I make the call obj.thirPartyMethod().

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

The minifier is correct new X() and new X are equivalent.

Your code however, is not as correct. Here is the correct version:

var Site = Site || {};
Site.Code = {
    obj: new ThirdPartyObject(),
    init: function() {
        Site.Code.obj.thirdPartyMethod(); // <-- obj didn't exist
        // this.obj.thirdPartyMethod(); <-- also works, because this will be Site.Code when invoking Site.Code.init()
    }
};