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Re:Constructors in Ceylon by lukedegruchy on Monday June 22, 2015 @02:35PM (#9760285)
Sorry, but I don't understand your point about instanceof/casting and how this relates to constructors. Please elaborate.
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Re:Constructors in Ceylon by justthistime_ on Monday June 22, 2015 @03:04PM (#9760484)
Things that are discouraged don't receive the language's nicest syntax.

(Secondary) constructors are discouraged.

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Re:Constructors in Ceylon by lukedegruchy on Monday June 22, 2015 @03:38PM (#9760677)
What well-designed language doesn't do this?
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Re:Constructors in Ceylon by justthistime_ on Monday June 22, 2015 @04:27PM (#9760961)
Ceylon and Kotlin are two languages who did this (both instanceOf/cast and instance creation).
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