JavaScript “new Array(n)” and “Array.prototype.map” weirdness

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I’ve observed this in Firefox-3.5.7/Firebug-1.5.3 and Firefox-3.6.16/Firebug-1.6.2

When I fire up Firebug:

var x = new Array(3)
console.log(x) 
// [undefined, undefined, undefined]

var y = [undefined, undefined, undefined]
console.log(y) 
// [undefined, undefined, undefined]

console.log( x.constructor == y.constructor) // true

console.log( 
  x.map(function() { return 0; })
)
// [undefined, undefined, undefined]

console.log(
  y.map(function() { return 0; })
)
// [0, 0, 0]

What’s going on here? Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding how to use new Array(3)?

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