superCallStmt asserted the class base before checking for a callable
base. A class that extends an ordinary function constructor has no base
class info, so the assertion held null. Node ignores the unused value;
the native compiler throws the TypeError of a non-null assertion that
held null, and failed to compile programs with such classes (for example
the Effect stream fixtures). The base is now read after that case
returns.
Chris Tate
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