Constructors are defined using the ``constructor`` keyword.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libsolidity/analysis/SyntaxChecker.cpp b/libsolidity/analysis/SyntaxChecker.cpp
index b595c4d1..343b4ba8 100644
--- a/libsolidity/analysis/SyntaxChecker.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/analysis/SyntaxChecker.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,22 @@ bool SyntaxChecker::visit(FunctionDefinition const& _function)
 
 	if (v050 && _function.noVisibilitySpecified())
 		m_errorReporter.syntaxError(_function.location(), "No visibility specified.");
-			
+
+	if (_function.isOldStyleConstructor())
+	{
+		if (v050)
+			m_errorReporter.syntaxError(
+				_function.location(),
+				"Functions are not allowed to have the same name as the contract. "
+				"If you intend this to be a constructor, use \"constructor(...) { ... }\" to define it."
+			);
+		else
+			m_errorReporter.warning(
+				_function.location(),
+				"Defining constructors as functions with the same name as the contract is deprecated. "
+				"Use \"constructor(...) { ... }\" instead."
+			);
+	}
 	return true;
 }