"constructor missing initializer for const field" when field is set inside an init function

[Robert M. Münch]

This following code gives an error: "constructor a.this missing 
initializer for const field myThing"

class a {
	const myThing*;

	init(){
		myThing = initMyThing();
	}
	
	this(){
		init();
	}
}

I have to explicitly set the const field inside this(). As long as I 
only have one constructor that's OK. I prefer to have an init() 
function to collect all things to setup an object.

Shouldn't the compiler find out that myThing is set during construction 
in this case?

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