diff --git a/packages/barcodes/code128.rip b/packages/barcodes/code128.rip
index 917f0ac6..b80fb569 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/code128.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/code128.rip
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ charValue =! (c, subset) ->
 codewords =! (text, gs1) ->
   n = text.length
   fail 'Code 128 text is empty' unless n
-  cost = new Int32Array(3 * (n + 1))
-  move = new Uint8Array(3 * (n + 1))
+  cost = Int32Array.new(3 * (n + 1))
+  move = Uint8Array.new(3 * (n + 1))
   i = n - 1
   while i >= 0
     c = text.charCodeAt i
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ codewords =! (text, gs1) ->
 
 # Module row: 1 dark, 0 light, bars first within each codeword.
 modules =! (codes) ->
-  out = new Uint8Array(11 * codes.length + 2)
+  out = Uint8Array.new(11 * codes.length + 2)
   x = 0
   for code in codes
     pattern = PATTERNS[code]
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ raster =! (mods, scale, border, height) ->
   { W, H, bars }
 
 pixelRow =! (r) ->
-  row = new Uint8Array(r.W)
+  row = Uint8Array.new(r.W)
   for k in [0...r.bars.length] by 2
     row.fill 1, r.bars[k], r.bars[k] + r.bars[k + 1]
   row
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export encodeCode128 =! (text, output = 'raw', opts = {}) ->
 
 # Widths flattened for the matcher, seven slots per value.
 WIDTHS =! do ->
-  out = new Uint8Array(7 * PATTERNS.length)
+  out = Uint8Array.new(7 * PATTERNS.length)
   for pattern, code in PATTERNS
     for k in [0...pattern.length]
       out[7 * code + k] = pattern.charCodeAt(k) - 48
@@ -437,11 +437,11 @@ export readCode128 =! (img, opts = {}) ->
   asObject opts, 'opts'
   validateImage img, opts.format
   {width, height} = img
-  luma = new Uint8Array(width * height)
+  luma = Uint8Array.new(width * height)
   copyLuma luma, undefined, img, opts.format
   side = Math.max(width, height) + 2
-  runs = new Int32Array(side)
-  rev = new Int32Array(side)
+  runs = Int32Array.new(side)
+  rev = Int32Array.new(side)
   codes = []
   vertical = false
   hit = scanLines luma, width, height, false, runs, rev, codes
diff --git a/packages/barcodes/dom.rip b/packages/barcodes/dom.rip
index 2cfbfa49..3ddfce10 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/dom.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/dom.rip
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class QRCanvas
         return if @bitmapDrawn
         @bitmapDrawn = true
         @drawBitmap img
-    @scanner = new Scanner(decoder)
+    @scanner = Scanner.new(decoder)
     @reader =
       clean: =>
         @generation++
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export class QRCanvas
     return unless @bitmap
     {data, height, width} = img
     if @rotate
-      out = new Uint8ClampedArray(data.length)
+      out = Uint8ClampedArray.new(data.length)
       for y in [0...height]
         for x in [0...width]
           src = 4 * (y * width + x)
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ invalidState = (msg) -> DOMException.new msg, 'InvalidStateError'
 
 prefixed = (e, prefix) ->
   return DOMException.new("#{prefix}: #{e.message}", e.name) if e instanceof DOMException
-  return new e.constructor("#{prefix}: #{e.message}") if e instanceof Error
+  return e.constructor.new("#{prefix}: #{e.message}") if e instanceof Error
   Error.new "#{prefix}: #{e}"
 
 createCanvas = (width, height) ->
@@ -878,8 +878,9 @@ toImageData = (image) ->
       throw invalidState('Failed to load or decode HTMLImageElement.')
     return drawSource(image, image.naturalWidth, image.naturalHeight)
   if kind is 'SVGImageElement'
+    decoding = image.decode?()
     try
-      await image.decode?()
+      await decoding
     catch
       throw invalidState('Failed to load or decode SVGImageElement.')
     return drawSource(image, image.width.baseVal.value, image.height.baseVal.value)
diff --git a/packages/barcodes/gif.rip b/packages/barcodes/gif.rip
index 4ae4d558..ef570148 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/gif.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/gif.rip
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export writeGif =! (W, H, rowFor) ->
   N = 126
   fullChunks = pixels // N
   tail = pixels % N
-  out = new Uint8Array(408 + fullChunks * (N + 2) + 2 + tail + 4)
+  out = Uint8Array.new(408 + fullChunks * (N + 2) + 2 + tail + 4)
   pos = 0
   u16 = (v) ->
     out[pos++] = v & 0xff
diff --git a/packages/barcodes/image.rip b/packages/barcodes/image.rip
index 6988665c..0644e517 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/image.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/image.rip
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ export validateImage =! (img, named, layout, capacity) ->
   return RGBA if bytes.length is 4 * px
   throw RangeError.new "\"img.data\" expected #{3 * px} or #{4 * px} bytes without opts.format, got #{bytes.length}"
 
-export LITTLE_ENDIAN =! new Uint8Array(new Uint32Array([1]).buffer)[0] is 1
+export LITTLE_ENDIAN =! Uint8Array.new(Uint32Array.new([1]).buffer)[0] is 1
 
 # Packed four-byte pixels read as whole words: one load per pixel instead of
 # three, unrolled four wide, the same (r + 2g + b) / 4 luma. Alpha and the X
 # byte fall out of the mask, and the weights are symmetric in r and b, so
 # every RGBA/BGRA/X layout takes this path.
 copyWords =! (out, data, byteStart, n) ->
-  words = new Uint32Array(data.buffer, byteStart, n)
+  words = Uint32Array.new(data.buffer, byteStart, n)
   i = 0
   end = n - 3
   while i < end
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export copyLuma =! (out, maxSize, img, named, layout) ->
 
 # RGBA image from a per-pixel dark predicate.
 export darkToImage =! (width, height, isDark) ->
-  data = new Uint8Array(width * height * 4)
+  data = Uint8Array.new(width * height * 4)
   i = 0
   for y in [0...height]
     for x in [0...width]
diff --git a/packages/barcodes/qr.rip b/packages/barcodes/qr.rip
index 2d1f795c..b1f88ab6 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/qr.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/qr.rip
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fail =! (msg) -> throw Error.new msg
 
 # charCode -> Table 5 value; -1 outside the alphabet.
 ALNUM_VAL =! do ->
-  t = new Int8Array(128).fill(-1)
+  t = Int8Array.new(128).fill(-1)
   for i in [0...ALPHANUMERIC.length]
     t[ALPHANUMERIC.charCodeAt(i)] = i
   t
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ RS_CACHE =! []
 
 rsGenerator =! (n) ->
   {exp, log} = GF256
-  gen = new Uint8Array(n)
+  gen = Uint8Array.new(n)
   gen[n - 1] = 1
   root = 1
   for i in [0...n]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ rsCached =! (n) ->
   return RS_CACHE[n] if RS_CACHE[n]
   {exp, log} = GF256
   gen = rsGenerator n
-  products = new Uint8Array(256 * n)
+  products = Uint8Array.new(256 * n)
   for f in [1...256]
     lf = log[f]
     base = f * n
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ rsEcc =! (data, rs) ->
   {gen, products} = rs
   n = gen.length
   last = n - 1
-  res = new Uint8Array(n)
+  res = Uint8Array.new(n)
   for i in [0...data.length]
     base = (data[i] ^ res[0]) * n
     for j in [0...last]
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ encodeData =! (ver, ecc, text, type, utf8) ->
   lengthBits = LENGTH_BITS[type][(ver + 7) // 17]
   dataLen = if type is 'byte' then utf8.length else text.length
   fail 'Capacity overflow' if dataLen >= 1 << lengthBits
-  bytes = new Uint8Array(cap.capacity >>> 3)
+  bytes = Uint8Array.new(cap.capacity >>> 3)
   # MSB-first accumulator flushed a byte at a time; pushes are <= 16 bits and
   # a flush keeps it below 8, so it never nears 32.
   acc = 0
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ encodeData =! (ver, ecc, text, type, utf8) ->
     blocks.push block
     eccs.push rsEcc(block, rs)
     pos += len
-  res = new Uint8Array(bytes.length + words * numBlocks)
+  res = Uint8Array.new(bytes.length + words * numBlocks)
   out = 0
   for i in [0..blockLen]
     for b in blocks
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ encodeData =! (ver, ecc, text, type, utf8) ->
 
 mat =! (size) ->
   words = (size + 31) >>> 5
-  { size, words, v: new Uint32Array(words * size) }
+  { size, words, v: Uint32Array.new(words * size) }
 
 matGet =! (m, x, y) -> (m.v[y * m.words + (x >>> 5)] >>> (x & 31)) & 1
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ matSet =! (m, x, y, bit) ->
   return
 
 TRANSPOSE_MASKS =! [0x55555555, 0x33333333, 0x0f0f0f0f, 0x00ff00ff, 0x0000ffff]
-TRANSPOSE_TMP   =! new Uint32Array(32)
+TRANSPOSE_TMP   =! Uint32Array.new(32)
 
 # 32x32 in-place bit-matrix transpose (butterfly network).
 transpose32 =! (a) ->
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ symCache = null
 buildSymCache =! (ver) ->
   size = 21 + 4 * (ver - 1)
   m = mat size
-  fun = new Uint8Array(size * size)
+  fun = Uint8Array.new(size * size)
   setF = (x, y, bit) ->
     matSet m, x, y, bit
     fun[y * size + x] = 1
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ buildSymCache =! (ver) ->
   planes = []
   for i in [0...8]
     planes.push mat(size)
-  posBuf = new Uint16Array(size * size)
+  posBuf = Uint16Array.new(size * size)
   n = 0
   xOffset = size - 1
   dir = -1
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ renderSvg =! (r, optimize) ->
 renderGif =! (r) ->
   W = r.W
   {m, map} = r
-  row = new Uint8Array(W)
+  row = Uint8Array.new(W)
   prevMy = -2
   writeGif W, W, (y) ->
     my = map[y]
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export encodeQR =! (text, output = 'raw', opts = {}) ->
   W = (m.size + 2 * border) * scale
   maxOutputSize = if output is 'ascii' or output is 'gif' or output is 'data-url' then MAX_COMPACT_OUTPUT_SIZE else MAX_OUTPUT_SIZE
   throw RangeError.new "invalid opts: output is #{W}x#{W} (max #{maxOutputSize}), reduce border/scale" if W > maxOutputSize
-  map = new Int32Array(W)
+  map = Int32Array.new(W)
   for i in [0...W]
     f = i // scale - border
     map[i] = if f >= 0 and f < m.size then f else -1
@@ -705,15 +705,15 @@ BYTE_LENGTH_BITS         =! [8, 16, 16]
 class Payload
   constructor: (capacity) ->
     @position = 0
-    @data = new Uint8Array(0)
+    @data = Uint8Array.new(0)
     @dataLen = 0
-    @bytes = new Uint8Array(capacity)
+    @bytes = Uint8Array.new(capacity)
     @views = Array.new(capacity + 1)
 
   # A length-n window over the byte arena, created once per length so the
   # frame path never allocates after its first use.
   view: (n) ->
-    @views[n] or (@views[n] = new Uint8Array(@bytes.buffer, 0, n))
+    @views[n] or (@views[n] = Uint8Array.new(@bytes.buffer, 0, n))
 
   read: (bits) ->
     start = @position
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class Payload
         length = @read BYTE_LENGTH_BITS[cls]
         return FAIL.data if length < 0 or @position + 8 * length > dataLen * 8
         if parts
-          segment = new Uint8Array(length)
+          segment = Uint8Array.new(length)
           for i in [0...length]
             segment[i] = @read(8)
           parts.push res if res
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ resizeRows =! (src, dst, width, dstWidth, from, to) ->
 # The same box filter over whole words: one word from each source row holds
 # four pixels, summed in two 16-bit lanes to produce two output pixels.
 resizeWords =! (src, dst, width, dstWidth, from, to) ->
-  words = new Uint32Array(src.buffer, src.byteOffset, (width * (to << 1)) >> 2)
+  words = Uint32Array.new(src.buffer, src.byteOffset, (width * (to << 1)) >> 2)
   wordsPerRow = width >> 2
   pairs = dstWidth >> 1
   for y in [from...to]
@@ -1312,24 +1312,24 @@ export class QRScanner
     @opts = Object.freeze { ...init, effort: @effort, maxSize, timeLimit: @timeLimit }
     @width = 0
     @height = 0
-    @luma = new Uint8Array(bytes)
+    @luma = Uint8Array.new(bytes)
     @image = { data: @luma, height: 0, width: 0 }
     @input = { data: @luma, height: 0, width: 0 }
-    @grid = new Uint8Array(177 * 177)
-    @fun = new Uint8Array(177 * 177)
-    @alignPos = new Uint8Array(7)
-    @codewords = new Uint8Array(BYTES[39])
-    @blockBytes = new Uint8Array(BYTES[39])
-    @syndromes = new Uint8Array(31)
-    @sigma = new Uint8Array(31)
-    @previous = new Uint8Array(31)
-    @next = new Uint8Array(31)
-    @candidates = new Uint32Array(16)
-    @ranks = new Float64Array(16)
-    @found = new Uint32Array(4 * 16 * 3)
-    @pick = new Float64Array(8)
-    @nodes = new Float64Array(7 * 7 * 2)
-    @located = new Float64Array((7 * 7 - 3) * 4)
+    @grid = Uint8Array.new(177 * 177)
+    @fun = Uint8Array.new(177 * 177)
+    @alignPos = Uint8Array.new(7)
+    @codewords = Uint8Array.new(BYTES[39])
+    @blockBytes = Uint8Array.new(BYTES[39])
+    @syndromes = Uint8Array.new(31)
+    @sigma = Uint8Array.new(31)
+    @previous = Uint8Array.new(31)
+    @next = Uint8Array.new(31)
+    @candidates = Uint32Array.new(16)
+    @ranks = Float64Array.new(16)
+    @found = Uint32Array.new(4 * 16 * 3)
+    @pick = Float64Array.new(8)
+    @nodes = Float64Array.new(7 * 7 * 2)
+    @located = Float64Array.new((7 * 7 - 3) * 4)
     @payload = Payload.new BYTES[39]
     @inFlight = false
     @staged = false
@@ -1341,11 +1341,11 @@ export class QRScanner
     @points = undefined
     # `map` holds the active homography; `from` and `to` are scratch, and `to`
     # doubles as the fine-plane map until the next build.
-    @map = new Float64Array(9)
-    @from = new Float64Array(9)
-    @to = new Float64Array(9)
+    @map = Float64Array.new(9)
+    @from = Float64Array.new(9)
+    @to = Float64Array.new(9)
     @alignPoint = { x: 0.1, y: 0.1 }
-    @finePlane = { d: new Uint8Array(0), cut: new Int16Array(0), W: 0, H: 0, bw: 0, sh: 0 }
+    @finePlane = { d: Uint8Array.new(0), cut: Int16Array.new(0), W: 0, H: 0, bw: 0, sh: 0 }
     @invertedProjection = false
     @decodedSize = 0
     layers = []
@@ -1356,18 +1356,18 @@ export class QRScanner
       blockWidth = Math.ceil(width / 8)
       blockHeight = Math.ceil(height / 8)
       centers = Math.ceil(width / 7) * Math.ceil(height / 7)
-      luma = if i then new Uint8Array(width * height) else @luma
-      cuts = new Int16Array(blockWidth * blockHeight)
+      luma = if i then Uint8Array.new(width * height) else @luma
+      cuts = Int16Array.new(blockWidth * blockHeight)
       layers.push
-        bitmap: new Uint32Array(Math.ceil(width / 32) * height)
+        bitmap: Uint32Array.new(Math.ceil(width / 32) * height)
         blockHeight: 0
         blockWidth: 0
-        blocks: new Uint8Array(blockWidth * blockHeight)
+        blocks: Uint8Array.new(blockWidth * blockHeight)
         cuts: cuts
         height: 0
         luma: luma
         patternCount: 0
-        patterns: new Float64Array(centers * 4)
+        patterns: Float64Array.new(centers * 4)
         used: false
         width: 0
         words: 0
@@ -1377,10 +1377,10 @@ export class QRScanner
         # Native luma offered to downscaled sampling; `r` is the layer index.
         context: { opts: @opts, scale: 1 << i, ox: 0, oy: 0, fine: (if i then { luma: @image, r: i } else undefined) }
         found: false
-        inverted: new Uint8Array(centers)
+        inverted: Uint8Array.new(centers)
         setCount: 0
         setCursor: 0
-        sets: new Float64Array(256 * 5)
+        sets: Float64Array.new(256 * 5)
         setsReady: false
         # Round-0 pick as an id bag (sum, min, max); retries skip a matching set.
         pickSum: -1
diff --git a/packages/barcodes/spec.rip b/packages/barcodes/spec.rip
index 37bb5dca..a263560b 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/spec.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/spec.rip
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ export versionBits =! (ver) ->
 # GF(2^8) with primitive polynomial 0x11d. EXP is doubled so the product of
 # two logs indexes it without a modulo.
 export GF256 =! do ->
-  exp = new Uint8Array(510)
-  log = new Uint8Array(256)
+  exp = Uint8Array.new(510)
+  log = Uint8Array.new(256)
   x = 1
   for i in [0...255]
     exp[i] = exp[i + 255] = x
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export maskBits =! (x, y) ->
   bits
 
 POP16 =! do ->
-  t = new Uint8Array(1 << 16)
+  t = Uint8Array.new(1 << 16)
   for i in [1...t.length]
     t[i] = t[i >>> 1] + (i & 1)
   t
diff --git a/packages/barcodes/test.rip b/packages/barcodes/test.rip
index 333bcc17..8b027a08 100644
--- a/packages/barcodes/test.rip
+++ b/packages/barcodes/test.rip
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ console.log "\nDecoder"
 raster = (text, opts, scale, W, H, invert = false, rotate = 0) ->
   raw = encodeQR text, 'raw', { ...opts, scale, border: 4 }
   s = raw.length
-  data = new Uint8Array(W * H * 4).fill(if invert then 40 else 200)
+  data = Uint8Array.new(W * H * 4).fill(if invert then 40 else 200)
   ox = (W - s) >> 1
   oy = (H - s) >> 1
   for y in [0...s]
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ raster = (text, opts, scale, W, H, invert = false, rotate = 0) ->
 
 toLuma = (img) ->
   n = img.width * img.height
-  luma = new Uint8Array(n)
+  luma = Uint8Array.new(n)
   for i in [0...n]
     p = 4 * i
     luma[i] = (img.data[p] + 2 * img.data[p + 1] + img.data[p + 2]) >> 2
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ test "luma and packed formats", ->
   img = raster 'FORMATS', {}, 4, 300, 300
   eq decodeQR(toLuma(img), format: 'I420'), 'FORMATS'
   eq decodeQR(img, format: 'RGBA'), 'FORMATS'
-  rgb = new Uint8Array(img.width * img.height * 3)
+  rgb = Uint8Array.new(img.width * img.height * 3)
   for i in [0...img.width * img.height]
     rgb[3 * i + k] = img.data[4 * i + k] for k in [0...3]
   eq decodeQR({ width: img.width, height: img.height, data: rgb }), 'FORMATS'
 
 test "throws when nothing decodes", ->
-  blank = { width: 200, height: 200, data: new Uint8Array(200 * 200 * 4).fill(128) }
+  blank = { width: 200, height: 200, data: Uint8Array.new(200 * 200 * 4).fill(128) }
   throws (-> decodeQR blank), Error, 'finder'
   eq decodeQR(raster('EFFORT', {}, 4, 300, 300), effort: Infinity, timeLimit: Infinity), 'EFFORT'
 
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ test "option and image validation", ->
   throws (-> decodeQR(img, timeLimit: -1)), TypeError
   throws (-> decodeQR(img, format: 'nope')), TypeError
   throws (-> decodeQR(img, pointsOnDetect: 1)), TypeError
-  throws (-> decodeQR({ width: 0, height: 1, data: new Uint8Array(0) })), RangeError
-  throws (-> decodeQR({ width: 2, height: 2, data: new Uint8Array(5) })), RangeError
+  throws (-> decodeQR({ width: 0, height: 1, data: Uint8Array.new(0) })), RangeError
+  throws (-> decodeQR({ width: 2, height: 2, data: Uint8Array.new(5) })), RangeError
   throws (-> decodeQR({ width: 2, height: 2, data: [1, 2, 3, 4] })), TypeError
 
 test "pointsOnDetect reports geometry in image coordinates", ->
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ test! "scanner reuse, exclusive operations and clean", ->
   eq scanner.decode(), ['TWO']
   # A success excludes its region, so a staged frame decodes once; re-stage.
   scanner.addImage raster('TWO', {}, 4, 250, 250)
-  eq scanner.decodeAsync!(), ['TWO']
+  eq scanner.decodeAsync!, ['TWO']
   throws (-> scanner.addImage raster('BIG', {}, 4, 400, 400)), RangeError
   reentered = null
   reenter = ->
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ bars = (text, opts, scale, W, H, rotate = 0, invert = false) ->
   raw = encodeCode128 text, 'raw', { ...opts, scale, height: 1 }
   w = raw.length
   h = 30
-  data = new Uint8Array(W * H * 4).fill(if invert then 40 else 190)
+  data = Uint8Array.new(W * H * 4).fill(if invert then 40 else 190)
   turned = rotate is 90 or rotate is 270
   ox = (W - (if turned then h else w)) >> 1
   oy = (H - (if turned then w else h)) >> 1
@@ -394,11 +394,11 @@ test "Code 128 round trips: scales, rotations, inversion, GS1", ->
   eq hit.text, 'AB\x1dCD'
   eq hit.gs1, false
   eq readCode128(toLuma(bars('Wikipedia', {}, 2, 500, 300)), format: 'I420').text, 'Wikipedia'
-  blank = { width: 50, height: 50, data: new Uint8Array(50 * 50 * 4).fill(200) }
+  blank = { width: 50, height: 50, data: Uint8Array.new(50 * 50 * 4).fill(200) }
   eq readCode128(blank), null
   throws (-> decodeCode128 blank), Error, 'not found'
   throws (-> readCode128 blank, null), TypeError, 'opts'
-  throws (-> readCode128 { width: 2, height: 2, data: new Uint8Array(3) }), RangeError, 'img.data'
+  throws (-> readCode128 { width: 2, height: 2, data: Uint8Array.new(3) }), RangeError, 'img.data'
 
 test "Code 128 text: shifts, FNC4 high characters, latches", ->
   text = (codes) -> c128.decodeText(codes, codes.length).text