Prevent Uglifyjs From Renaming Certain Functions

I have a function that has a constructor within it. It creates a new object and returns it: function car() { function Car() {} return new Car(); } As a result uglify renames

Solution 1:

You need to use the reserved-names parameter:

--reserved-names “Car”

Solution 2:

Even if you follow Bill's suggestion, there's still a problem with your approach.

car().constructor !== car().constructor

One would expect those to be equal

I would change your approach to creating a constructor and giving it a Factory constructor

/** @private */functionCar() {
   ...
}

Car.create = function() {
    returnnew Car();
}

Or the following (module pattern), combined with Bill's approach. Then you're not returning an object with a different prototype every time

var car  = (function() {
   functionCar() {...}
   returnfunction() {
       returnnewCar();
   }
})();

// car().constructor === car().constructor // true