[Mono-devel-list] swf.Application constructor

[Asier Llano Palacios]

> >Hello,
> >
> >> Is it a bug in Winchurn?
> >>
> >> Is it a bug in the complier?
> >>
> >> Is it a bug in my brain?
> >
> >It is a missing feature in the C# language.  A mechanism of saying `this
> >class should not be instantiated'. [snip]
> 
> Isn't that what the 'abstract' keyword is for?

No, because you may want to have a sealed class that you
don't want to inherit nor instantiate. (Maybe because
the only methods you implement are static). So you
can use a 'sealed' class with a 'private' constructor.
You are not able to use a 'abstract' and 'sealed' class.
For class that you want to be inherited, and instantiate
the inheriting classes, but not the main one, you could
use abstract.

Asier