Explicit default constructor for structs

[Benjamin Thaut]

Am 09.04.2014 20:33, schrieb Timon Gehr:
> On 04/09/2014 04:59 PM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:

> Why not just:
>
> struct Foo{
>      this(){
>          // do stuff here
>      }
> }
>
> void main(){
>      Foo foo1; // error, no init value
>      auto foo2=Foo(); // ok
> }

Because then the user might think, that the default constructor gets 
called implicitly by the compiler. Just like in C++. But as that is not 
the case the syntax should be different to indicate that a struct might 
still be instaniated just using T.init.

Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut