a little further with the tests

lib/nodes.js

@@ -845,8 +845,10 @@
             _results = [];
             for (_i = 0, _len2 = _ref2.length; _i < _len2; _i++) {
               assign = _ref2[_i];
-              assign.variable = new Value(lname, [new Accessor(assign.variable.base, 'proto')]);
-              delete assign.context;
+              if (assign instanceof Assign) {
+                assign.variable = new Value(lname, [new Accessor(assign.variable.base, 'proto')]);
+                delete assign.context;
+              }
               _results.push(assign);
             }
             return _results;

src/nodes.coffee

@@ -683,8 +683,9 @@ exports.Class = class Class extends Base
     for node, i in exps = @body.expressions
       if node instanceof Value and node.isObject()
         assigns = for assign in node.base.properties
-          assign.variable = new Value(lname, [new Accessor(assign.variable.base, 'proto')])
-          delete assign.context
+          if assign instanceof Assign
+            assign.variable = new Value(lname, [new Accessor(assign.variable.base, 'proto')])
+            delete assign.context
           assign
         exps[i] = assigns
       else if node instanceof Code

test/test_arguments.coffee

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ eq context.arg, 3
 eq context.arg.join(' '), '1 2 3'
 
 class Klass
-  constructor: (@one, @two) ->
+  (@one, @two) ->
 
 obj = new Klass 1, 2
 

test/test_classes.coffee

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Base
   func: (string) ->
     "zero/#{string}"
 
-  @static: (string) ->
+  @static = (string) ->
     "static/#{string}"
 
 class FirstChild extends Base
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ok (new SubClass).prop is 'top-super-sub'
 
 
 class OneClass
-  @new: 'new'
+  @new = 'new'
   function: 'function'
   constructor: (name) -> @name = name
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ok (new SubClass).prop is 'top-super-sub'
 
 # '@' referring to the current instance, and not being coerced into a call.
 class ClassName
-  amI: ->
+  amI = ->
     @ instanceof ClassName
 
 obj = new ClassName
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ ok obj.amI()
 
 # super() calls in constructors of classes that are defined as object properties.
 class Hive
-  constructor: (name) -> @name = name
+  (name) -> @name = name
 
 class Hive.Bee extends Hive
-  constructor: (name) -> super
+  (name) -> super
 
 maya = new Hive.Bee 'Maya'
 ok maya.name is 'Maya'
@@ -153,13 +153,13 @@ ok instance.name() is 'class'
 # ... or statically, to the class.
 class Dog
 
-  constructor: (name) ->
+  (name) ->
     @name = name
 
   bark: =>
     "#{@name} woofs!"
 
-  @static: =>
+  @static = =>
     new this('Dog')
 
 spark = new Dog('Spark')
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ eq (func() for func in m.generate()).join(' '), '10 10 10'
 
 # Testing a contructor called with varargs.
 class Connection
-  constructor: (one, two, three) ->
+  (one, two, three) ->
     [@one, @two, @three] = [one, two, three]
 
   out: ->
@@ -213,16 +213,16 @@ ok c.args.join(' ') is '1 2 3 4'
 
 # Test `extended` callback.
 class Base
-  @extended: (subclass) ->
+  @extended = (subclass) ->
     for key, value of @
       subclass[key] = value
 
 class Element extends Base
-  @fromHTML: (html) ->
+  @fromHTML = (html) ->
     node = "..."
     new @(node)
 
-  constructor: (node) ->
+  (node) ->
     @node = node
 
 ok Element.extended is Base.extended
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ ok instance.method() is 'value'
 
 # Implicit objects as static properties.
 class Static
-  @static:
+  @static =
     one: 1
     two: 2
 
@@ -280,10 +280,12 @@ classMaker = ->
     @value = inner
 
 class One
-  constructor: classMaker()
+  ctor = classMaker()
+  -> return new ctor
 
 class Two
-  constructor: classMaker()
+  ctor = classMaker()
+  -> return new ctor
 
 ok (new One).value is 1
 ok (new Two).value is 2