[Mono-list] Constructors in C#

[Brice Carpentier]

Robert Shade wrote:
> How about a static method that returns a new instance?
> 
>   public class MyClass
>   {
>       private string login;
>       private int uid;
>       private string home;
> 
>       public MyClass (string login, int uid, string home)
>       {
>           // affect things
>       }
> 
>       public static MyClass FromLine(string line)
>       {
>           System.text.RegularExpression.Regex.Split(line, ":");
>           /* make some checks
>            * (second field is an int, and so on ...) */
>           // call next constructor
> 
>      return new MyClass(login, uid, home);
>       }
>   }
> 
> rob

seems quite weird to me for something even vb is doing almost perfectly !

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Brice Carpentier aka Br|ce