Update on the “sometimes” constructor

In a previous post I showed how you could create a constructor that a layout could use but no other code could.

Seems that in oder to make this a little more generic and cross-platform you need to look for a different stack entry.

Because macOS and Windows do things differently you can get a very different stack trace on Windows that you would on the Mac. So instead of looking for Window.__Init%%o you should look for the substring ._CreateControls0%%o<

So the updated code in the no parameter constructor looks like

Try
  Raise New NilObjectException
  
Catch noe As NilObjectException
  Dim stack() As String = noe.Stack
  
  // IF this is an instance created on a layout we should find a 
  // ._CreateControls0%%o< in the stack above the call to this
  // Constructor
  // cant look for the whole string as parts of it are the specific  
  // name of the window being constructed which will change by  
  // window name

  For i As Integer = 0 To stack.Ubound
  If stack(i).InStr("._CreateControls0%%o<") > 0 Then
    #Pragma BreakOnExceptions default
    
    Return
    End If
  Next
  
  // and if we do not then raise an UnsupportedOperation error
  Raise New UnsupportedOperationException
End Try