[Mono-list] Constructors in C#

[Robert Shade]

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

MS makes use of the static From* methods throughout the runtime, so it's 
not a completely "out there" pattern.

Also, VB actually doesn't do what you want either.  I believe you were 
referring to the example:


Public Class Manager
   Private nameField As String

   Public Sub New()
     'default value for nameField is Tony
     Me.New("Tony")
   End Sub

   Public Sub New(ByVal name As String)
     nameField = name
     System.Console.WriteLine("I am the manager.")
   End Sub

End Class

This deceptively looks like the pattern you want, but if you try to do 
anything before to the call to "Me.New("Tony")" you get an error saying 
that a "Constructor call is valid only as the first statement in an 
instance constructor."  So, this means the above is really the same as:

public Manager() : this("Tony")
{

}

in c#.

The only other way i can think of is to take the code from the 
constructor you want the other to call and put it in a separate method. 
Then, you can have both call that method.

I can't think of any other way to eliminate code duplication otherwise.

rob