Cannot instantiate external with init

external require;
external Foo = require("Foo");

module Vendor.Factual
{
	external foo = new Foo();
}

[  ERROR  ] JSPPE5005: Cannot instantiate `Foo'. Only classes and external functions can be instantiated at line 6 char 24 at foo.jspp

This is strange to me because types are generalizations. The type for external (even with initializer)... is still external. Were you comparing AST nodes?