On Friday, 17 June 2016 at 11:10:12 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
Thanks, I forgot to mention I'm also doing lots of other stuff
in the constructor to private fields too.
struct Foo(T)
{
private int _bar;
private void* _baz;
this(int bar = 8)
{
this._bar = bar;
this._baz = malloc(this._bar);
}
}
So I have to at least run a constructor.
Structs cannot have a default constructor; .init is required to
be a valid state (unless you @disable default construction). This
is a deliberate language restriction, although you can argue
about its value.
What you can do as a workaround is to provide a public static
factory method while disabling default construction.
— David
