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From: krey@i30fs1.ira.uka.de (Andreas Krey)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula3
Subject: Re: Instance initialization in Modula-3?
Message-ID: <91.025.18:26:03@ira.uka.de>
Date: 25 Jan 91 18:26:03 GMT
References: <JANSSEN.91Jan23221159@holmes.parc.xerox.com> <1991Jan24.122222.9214@src.dec.com>
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In article <1991Jan24.122222.9214@src.dec.com>, muller@src.dec.com (Eric
Muller) writes:
> In article <JANSSEN.91Jan23221159@holmes.parc.xerox.com>, Bill Janssen asks:
> 
> > When defining an OBJECT type in Modula-3, how does one specify the
> > initialization routine to be called from inside NEW?
> 
> Modula-3 does not allow you to attach to an object type code to
> executed when an object of that type is created.
>

So why not? For me C++'er it's lot of a reason not to use modula-3.
 

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