On Monday, 27 August 2018 at 03:06:17 UTC, John Carter wrote:
The last few years I have told myself (and anyone who doesn't
back away fast enough) that "Constructors" do _not_ construct
objects, they are "Name Binders." (Sort of like lisp's "let"
macro)
They bind instance variable names to pre-existing sub-objects.
One could say there is "storage" and "instantiation" of an object.
C++ binds the two in the same operation.
D does not, T.init must be a valid object. This is a major
cultural change, though I believe the D way is superior on the
efficiency stand-point (you can create large arrays of valid
objects quite fast).
