[Issue 12346] Instantiating class with a private constructor results in a runtime error

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https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12346


Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


--- Comment #3 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> 2014-03-11 05:05:46 PDT ---
1: You're not instantiating the class. You need to use 'new' to instantiate it,
via:

-----
class TestClass
{
    private this() {}

    uint value;
}

void main()
{
    TestClass x = new TestClass();
    x.value = 10;
}
-----

2: This is a reference, not instantiation, it cannot be an error even if the
reference type is of an abstract class:

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abstract class AC
{
    private this() {}
}

void main()
{
    AC ac;  // allowed
}
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3: Private symbols are visible and usable in the entire module they're defined
in.

Please read the documentation before filing bugs, or use the D forums[1] if you
have questions or want to learn about D.

[1] : http://forum.dlang.org/group/digitalmars.D.learn

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