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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: calling own methods from constructor
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Date: 07 Apr 2011 11:32:44 GMT
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Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 06 Apr 2011 20:48:41 GMT, Andreas Leitgeb
><avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>
>> Is there any *good* use of having the constructor call a method
>> that actually *can* be overridden in a subclass?
>
> I have accidentally nailed myself by overriding a method used in a
> constructor.  I have yet to find a legitimate use for it. It is too
> bad the compiler does not complain about it.

I haven't (yet) been bitten by it, myself.
I just recently came to think about it.