delegating constructors and "this = ..."

[BCS]

Hello JPF,

> Thanks for your help, I think I now understand what's going on.
> 'this' is a mutable local reference in the constructor but the
> constructor automatically returns the local 'this'. This explains why
> the first case works while the second doesn't. This would also mean I
> could do "this = this(ptr);" in the second constructor and it indeed
> does work; With the above change the whole testcase works as expected.

Odd....

> I now just have to decide whether I'll use the "implementation specific
> but nice syntax" way or a static function instead of public
> constructors.

don't use implementation specific code. I suggest you file a bug/clarification 
request. If that is the way things are supposed to work, it should be officially 
sanctioned. If not, it should be removed.

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