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 CONSTRUCTOR
 Begin definition of a constructor method
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 Syntax:

    CONSTRUCTOR [<ctorName>](<parameters>) [,
                [<superclass ctor name>](<superclass parameters>)]

 Arguments:

    <ctorName> is the name of the constructor method.  This is
    optional - if omitted, the default constructor name is new.
    However, for readability, we do not recommend omitting this name,
    since the name will appear in the debugger call stack and in error
    traces.

    <parameters> are the normal Clipper parameters that the
    method expects to receive.

    <superclass ctor name> is the name of the superclass constructor
    which is to be invoked. Again, omitting this name results in the
    default constructor name, new, being used.

    <superclass parameters> are the parameters expected by the
    superclass constructor.  These would typically be a subset of the
    first parameter list.

 Description:

    This command begins the definition of a constructor method.  A
    constructor method is used to initialize newly created objects.
    See Constructor Messages and Methods for more information.

    Note that if the superclass name and parameters are omitted, and the
    class has a superclass, then the superclass new method will still
    be invoked, with no parameters.

    Sometimes a subclass may not need to perform any work to initialize
    itself (perhaps because it has no instance variables).  However, the
    superclass constructor must still be called, so code such as the
    following will usually be required:

        CONSTRUCTOR new(p1, p2, p3), (p1, p2, p3)
        RETURN

    Here, the parameters to the constructor are all passed directly up to
    the superclass.  A future version of Class(y) will make it uneccessary
    to define a constructor method at all in such cases. To anticipate
    this, you might wish to make such code conditional as follows:

        #ifdef CLASSY_VER100
                constructor new(p1, p2, p3), (p1, p2, p3)
                return
        #endif

    The CLASSY_VER100 symbol is defined in CLASS(Y).CH for this purpose.