[Issue 12737] static constructor requires call of super constructor

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12737

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |jmdavisProg at gmx.com
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> ---
No, this isn't a bug in the compiler, and it doesn't have anything to do with
static constructors. It's a bug in your code. This would fail to compile with
the same error:

class A {
        this(int a) {
        }
}

class B : A {
}

void main() {
        auto n = new B();
}

The problem is that B's constructor must call A's constructor, but a
compiler-generated default constructor (which is all B is going to have,
because you didn't declare one for it) can only call default constructors for
its base class, and A doesn't have one. It has a constructor which takes an
int. So, you have to either add a default constructor to A or add an explicit
default constructor to B which calls A's constructor with an int of whatever
value would be appropriate.

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