Program size, linking matter, and static this()

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On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:12:16 +0200, Jakob Ovrum <jakobovrum at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I suspect that the reason a static member function is prevalent is  
> because it's easy to just make the constructor private (and not have to  
> mess with things like C++'s `friend`). In D, there's no real difference  
> because you can still use private members as long as you're in the same  
> module.

Exactly. there is no difference between "static A.make" and "makeA" in D.

> The only difference between them I can see is that the module-level  
> function doesn't expose the class name directly when using the function,  
> which is but a minor improvement.

You have to expose either way no? "A.make" instead of "makeA"