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D - class construction bug?

reply Sean Kelly <sean ffwd.cx> writes:
I just tried this:

class A
{
protected:
     this() { printf( "ctor\n" ); }
}

int main()
{
     A a = new A();
}

And it compiled and, when run, printed: "ctor."  Is the "protected" 
keyword not working correctly or is there some rule that class 
constructors are inherently public?


Sean
Feb 24 2004
parent reply "Kris" <someidiot earthlink.net> writes:
Attributes are apparently applied at the module-level, rather than the
class-level.


"Sean Kelly" <sean ffwd.cx> wrote in message
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 I just tried this:

 class A
 {
 protected:
      this() { printf( "ctor\n" ); }
 }

 int main()
 {
      A a = new A();
 }

 And it compiled and, when run, printed: "ctor."  Is the "protected"
 keyword not working correctly or is there some rule that class
 constructors are inherently public?


 Sean
Feb 24 2004
parent reply J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> writes:
Kris wrote:


Attributes are apparently applied at the module-level, rather than the
class-level.

  





"Sean Kelly" <sean ffwd.cx> wrote in message
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I just tried this:

class A
{
protected:
     this() { printf( "ctor\n" ); }
}

int main()
{
     A a = new A();
}

And it compiled and, when run, printed: "ctor."  Is the "protected"
keyword not working correctly or is there some rule that class
constructors are inherently public?


Sean

    




  




-- 
-Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/
Feb 24 2004
parent reply Sean Kelly <sean ffwd.cx> writes:
J Anderson wrote:

 That is not true in this situation.  Constructors are always public.



Hm.  So how would I go about creating a singleton or other class that 
has special construction requirements?


Sean
Feb 24 2004
parent reply J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> writes:
Sean Kelly wrote:


 J Anderson wrote:


 That is not true in this situation.  Constructors are always public.




 Hm.  So how would I go about creating a singleton or other class that 
 has special construction requirements?

 Sean



I'm not exactly sure what you mean by special construction 
requirements.  There was a whole discussion on singletons before, so you 
might what to look at that (using module-level or static members were 
suggested). Search for singletons.

-- 
-Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/
Feb 24 2004
parent Sean Kelly <sean ffwd.cx> writes:
J Anderson wrote:

 
 I'm not exactly sure what you mean by special construction 
 requirements.  There was a whole discussion on singletons before, so you 
 might what to look at that (using module-level or static members were 
 suggested). Search for singletons.



Thanks.  As for special construction requirements, I think that could 
all be handled by overloading "new."  Just thinking out loud.


Sean
Feb 24 2004