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Issue 3460 - Allow calllng of class c'tors through methods other than new
Summary: Allow calllng of class c'tors through methods other than new
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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Product: D
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Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: Other Windows
: P2 enhancement
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Reported: 2009-10-31 13:30 UTC by David Simcha
Modified: 2015-06-09 01:26 UTC (History)
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Description David Simcha 2009-10-31 13:30:16 UTC 
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 David Simcha 2009-10-31 13:38:16 UTC 
Never mind, I just realized it's __ctor and it only works if the class has a constructor.