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by lukedegruchy 4013 days ago
Sorry, but I don't understand your point about instanceof/casting and how this relates to constructors. Please elaborate.
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justthistime_ 4013 days ago
Things that are discouraged don't receive the language's nicest syntax.

(Secondary) constructors are discouraged.

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lukedegruchy 4013 days ago
What well-designed language doesn't do this?
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justthistime_ 4013 days ago
Ceylon and Kotlin are two languages who did this (both instanceOf/cast and instance creation).
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