Error: "vscode.Uri.file" is not a constructor

[Gruntfuggly]

My extension uses vscode.Uri.file to construct a resource with a file path:

treeItem.resourceUri = new vscode.Uri.file( node.fsPath );

https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api#Uri

This works correctly in the stable build, but in the insiders build (1.32.0-insider, 7d0c9e6 ) I get the error:

vscode.Uri.file is not a constructor

Am I doing something wrong?

[vscodebot]

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Happy Coding!

[jrieken]

Am I doing something wrong?

Yes ;-) It's not a constructor function but a static function. Use vscode.Uri.file(node.fsPath)

[jrieken]

This works correctly in the stable build, but in the insiders build (1.32.0-insider, 7d0c9e6 )

This is likely because we now compile to ES6, meaning the URI-class is now actually a class and not functions/prototypes anymore. The latter, functions, allow using new in more relaxed ways but it's likely not what you wanted. The ES6 world is more strict.