>Well, actually, you can, using a trick. The trick is to know that (from
the
>help) "If you declare a method in a derived class with the same name as a
>static method in the ancestor class, the new method simply replaces the
>inherited one in the derived class." So the following would demote Create
>to private:
[snip ... ]
very cute :-)
this works in the case of demoting a static constructor - which is handy to
know and exactly the situation here with Rohit's self-destructing
constructor.
but (as you pointed out) in general if the constructor is virtual you can't
demote from public to private
and ...
if it's some other function (not a constructor) you want to demote then
this trick won't work either because TObject.Create is always available
via a typecast:
TObject(myGadget).ForbiddenProc;
Casting isn't a problem in the case of a static constructor because
TObject(myGadget).Create;
is pretty silly - a derived class that does this deserves what it gets.
-ns
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