UUPS Upgradeable Contracts - _disableInitializers() function

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Is the _disableInitializers() function a replacement for the initializer function in the constructor in this example:

 /// @custom:oz-upgrades-unsafe-allow constructor
    constructor() initializer {}

I am trying to update my code to adhere to the most current best practices before deployment and when I replace the code block above with the block shown here, I get an undeclared identifier error.

/// @custom:oz-upgrades-unsafe-allow constructor
constructor() {
    _disableInitializers();
}

My compiler is :

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

pragma solidity ^0.8.11;

After running the constructor, I I have an initialize() function that initializes parent contracts.

I inherit these contracts:

contract MyContract is
    Initializable,
    AccessControlUpgradeable,
    PausableUpgradeable,
    ICallDelegator,
    UUPSUpgradeable
{

Thanks in advance for any insights!

2

Found my issue most likely.. am using:
"@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable": "^4.5.2",

3

Yes, _disableInitializers() is available starting in version 4.6.0. Because 4.6.0 introduced the concept of reinitializers, the _disableInitializers() function when used in the constructor prevents any future reinitialization of the implementation.

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