'only defines private ctor' warning - 2b smarter

'only defines private ctor' warning - 2b smarter

[Yotam Medini]

g++ 2.8.1 and also egcs's 19980525 snapshot 
give a warning that a class 
   'only defines private constructors and has no friend'
ignoring the not-so-rare possibility that it may be constructed
thru a public static method. 

I think if a class has a public static method such a warning
should be suppressed.

Being even smarter, and further check if static member 
returns a class pointer?
...hmmm.. I don't think it will help since it does not cover
all legitimate constructions cases. 

-- yotam
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telaviv:6034> cat sc.cc
// class created thru static member only
class C {
 public:
  static C* s_create(int id);
 private:
  C(int id): _id(id) {} // via create
  C();           // not available
  C(const C&);   // not available
  int          _id;
}; // C

C* C::s_create(int id)
{
   return(new C(id));
} 
telaviv:6035> /site/seg/gcc-2.8.1/bin/g++ -v
Reading specs from /site/seg/gcc-2.8.1/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/2.8.1/specs
gcc version 2.8.1
telaviv:6036> /site/seg/gcc-2.8.1/bin/g++ -c -Wall sc.cc
sc.cc:10: warning: `class C' only defines private constructors and has no friends
telaviv:6037> ~seg/yotam/build/egcs/Solaris/bin/g++ -v
Reading specs from /home/seg/yotam/build/egcs/Solaris/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.5/egcs-2.91.33/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.33 19980525 (gcc2 ss-980502 experimental)
telaviv:6038> ~seg/yotam/build/egcs/Solaris/bin/g++ -c -Wall sc.cc
sc.cc:10: warning: `class C' only defines private constructors and has no friends
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