new class ctor example

Pwsh/Types/Classes-StaticMethodDeDuplicatesCode.ps1

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+class Vehicle {
+    [string]$Name = 'none'
+
+    Vehicle () {
+        # this works, instance is no longer assigned to 'none'
+        $this = [Vehicle]::Spawn('default')
+    }
+    Vehicle ( [string]$Name ) {
+        $this.Name = $Name
+    }
+    [void] Transform ( [string]$Name ) {
+        # this does not mutate the caller's state,
+        # because that's not allowed (outside of ctors)
+        $this = [Vehicle]::Spawn( $Name )
+    }
+    static [Vehicle] Spawn ( [string]$Name ) {
+        return [Vehicle]::New( $Name )
+    }
+}
+
+[Vehicle]@{}               # Name: none
+[Vehicle]::new($null)      # Name: StrEmpty
+[Vehicle]::new()           # Name: none
+[Vehicle]::new('blank')    # Name: blank
+[Vehicle]@{ Name = 'Car' } # Name: Car
+[Vehicle]::Spawn('batmobile') #  : Batmobile
+
+[Vehicle]::Spawn('batmobile').Transform('cat') # emits null
+
+
+$t = [Vehicle]::Spawn('batmobile') # Name: Batmobile
+$t.Transform('yeti')               # Name: Batmobile
+    # because