Types of constructors

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What is a private constructor, and why would a class have one? What are
the other kinds of constructors besides:

(1) public constructors; and
(2) parameterized constructors

And I understand that they are not mutually exclusive of one another.
The above classification assimilates my knowledge of having used
constructors in both the above manners.

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