Do constructors in D support the privacy keyword?

[anonymous]

On Saturday, 7 September 2013 at 18:37:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby
wrote:
> Do constructors in D support a privacy keyword? I'm guessing 
> not because if i declare one like this:
>
> class T
> {
>     private this()
>     {
>     }
> }
>
> i can still instantiate the class like this:
>
> auto x = new T();
>
> and there is no error thrown. Am i right in thinking the 
> privacy keyword is ignored?

In D, private symbols are accessible throughout their module. Try
instantiating the class from another module and you should get an
error.