http://www.technicalinterviews.net/private-constructors/ This site features a collection of common technical interview questions gathered by a group of programmers who have been through, and given, lots of technical interviews. There is an emphasis on C++ and game programming technical interviews, but most of the questions are relevant to any technical interview. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.technicalinterviews.net/private-constructors/comment-page-1/#comment-12 littlegray Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:34:12 +0000 http://www.technicalinterviews.net/private-constructors/#comment-12 if your constructor is private then you can't instanciate the class yourself. A singleton is the common example of why you'd want to do this, can't think of any other reason off the top of my head. if your constructor is private then you can’t instanciate the class yourself. A singleton is the common example of why you’d want to do this, can’t think of any other reason off the top of my head.

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