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Bug 3460 – Allow calllng of class c'tors through methods other than new

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: INVALID
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: Other
OS: Windows
Creation time: 2009-10-31T13:30:00Z
Last change time: 2015-06-09T01:26:56Z
Assigned to: nobody
Creator: dsimcha

Comments

Comment #0 by dsimcha — 2009-10-31T13:30:16Z

There used to be a way (described here) to allocate class instances using custom allocation schemes, without modifying the code to the actual class. Apparently, calling f._ctor(args) doesn't work anymore. Please start allowing this again, as I really need it to create a method of allocating class instances w/ the new precise heap scanning stuff I'm working on.

Comment #1 by dsimcha — 2009-10-31T13:38:16Z

Never mind, I just realized it's __ctor and it only works if the class has a constructor.