Class template argument deduction from constructor call

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On 27/10/2010 20:36, sergk wrote:
> class Foo(T) {
>      this(T t) {
>          bar = t;
>      }
>      T bar;
> }
>
> void main() {
>      auto a = new Foo(123); // doesn't work
>      auto b = new Foo!(int)(123); // work, but redundant
> }
>
> Is there any technical limitations preventing this, or its just a compiler bug?

It's not a bug.

I guess it could be a short cut, but it can only ever work when the 
class has exactly one constructor, which seems a bit of a pointless 
short cut and adds an unneccassiry corner case to the language spec.

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