# Function.prototype.bind() — Bound functions used as constructors

> Bound functions are automatically suitable for use with the {{jsxref("new")}} operator to construct new instances created by the target function.

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Bound functions are automatically suitable for use with the {{jsxref("new")}} operator to construct new instances created by the target function. When a bound function is used to construct a value, the provided this is ignored. However, provided arguments are still prepended to the constructor call.

Note that you need not do anything special to create a bound function for use with {{jsxref("new")}}. new.target, instanceof, this etc. all work as expected, as if the constructor was never bound. The only difference is that it can no longer be used for extends.

The corollary is that you need not do anything special to create a bound function to be called plainly, even if you would rather require the bound function to only be called using {{jsxref("new")}}. If you call it without new, the bound this is suddenly not ignored.

If you wish to restrict a bound function to only be callable with {{jsxref("new")}}, or only be callable without new, the target function must enforce that restriction, such as by checking new.target !== undefined or using a class instead.

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