From 96411c7398ad82d085005bfda9e7d20729f72bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dcodeIO <dcode@dcode.io>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:01:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Include a fix for #176

---
 src/compiler.ts | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler.ts b/src/compiler.ts
index 8b01df00..52748a37 100644
--- a/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compiler.ts
@@ -6575,12 +6575,13 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
 
     var expr: ExpressionRef;
 
-    // traverse to the first matching constructor
+    // traverse to the top-most visible constructor
     var currentClassInstance: Class | null = classInstance;
-    var constructorInstance = classInstance.constructorInstance;
-    while (!constructorInstance && (currentClassInstance = classInstance.base)) {
+    var constructorInstance: Function | null = null;
+    do {
       constructorInstance = currentClassInstance.constructorInstance;
-    }
+      if (constructorInstance) break; // TODO: check visibility
+    } while (currentClassInstance = currentClassInstance.base);
 
     // if a constructor is present, call it with a zero `this`
     if (constructorInstance) {