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===Uninstantiable===

''Uninstantiable classes'' allow programmers to group together per-class fields and methods that are accessible at runtime without an instance of the class. Indeed, instantiation is prohibited for this kind of class.

For example, in C#, a class marked "static" can not be instantiated, can only have static members (fields, methods, other), may not have ''instance constructors'', and is ''sealed''.
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