oberonjs/doc/wiki/eberon-operator-NEW.md

Original procedure NEW in Oberon is not always convenient to use - it requires already declared pointer variable:

PROCEDURE make(): Pointer;
VAR
    result: Pointer;
BEGIN
    NEW(result);
    RETURN result;
END;

Operator NEW in [[Eberon|eberon]] returns a pointer to created record. So code above could be rewritten in shorter form like:

PROCEDURE make(): Pointer;
    RETURN NEW T();
END;

Also operator NEW can be used to initialize a pointer variable to base record (while creating derived record):

IF condition1 THEN
    base := NEW Derived1();
ELSE
    base := NEW Derived2();
END;

Operator NEW also can be used to create a record having constructor with parameters:

r := NEW T(param1, param2);

Operator NEW from language grammar standpoint is a part of designator so it is possible to denote record fields right after creating:

NEW T().field