This code:

class A {
        this() {}
        private:
        this() {}
        this(int b) { a=b; }
        int a;
}
void main() {
        A x=new A();
}

Gives this error: constructor this overloads A () and A () both match argument list for this. Personally, I was expecting something like duplicated constructor or something like that. Or at least I was expecting it to compile just fine since one of the two constructors is private.

Right before posting I tried putting the class in a different module (because I remembered friendship and such) and I got the same error.

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I'm not sure what the bug is, unless it's just an obscure error message! There are two constructors for A with the same argument list, so it is an error in the program.

"Carlos Santander B." <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote in message news:bg240f$t26$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> This code:
>
> class A {
>         this() {}
>         private:
>         this() {}
>         this(int b) { a=b; }
>         int a;
> }
> void main() {
>         A x=new A();
> }
>
> Gives this error: constructor this overloads A () and A () both match argument list for this. Personally, I was expecting something like duplicated constructor or something like that. Or at least I was expecting it to compile just fine since one of the two constructors is private.
>
> Right before posting I tried putting the class in a different module (because I remembered friendship and such) and I got the same error.
>
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"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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| I'm not sure what the bug is, unless it's just an obscure error message!
| There are two constructors for A with the same argument list, so it is an
| error in the program.
|

I know it's an error in the program, but it shouldn't compile anyway. The compiler should complain, shouldn't it?

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"Carlos Santander B." <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote in message news:bg44kp$30p3$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
> news:bg40fp$2seq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> | I'm not sure what the bug is, unless it's just an obscure error message!
> | There are two constructors for A with the same argument list, so it is
an
> | error in the program.
> |
>
> I know it's an error in the program, but it shouldn't compile anyway. The compiler should complain, shouldn't it?

Yes, it should.