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- From: "john (j.d.) hickin" <hickin@bnr.ca>
- Message-ID: <4f0mru$8lo@bmtlh10.bnr.ca>
- X-Original-Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 22:16:30 +0000
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- Date: 04 Feb 96 03:33:53 GMT
- Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
- Content-Identifier: Re: auto_ptr ...
- Subject: Re: auto_ptr again
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research
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- |>The original term was reference constructor, a name which, in my opinion
- |>carefully stepped around all subtleties of language.
- |I have never seen this term used. Stroustrup said "copy constructor"
- |at a very early stage.
-
- I have checked out a copy of the ARM (1990) and you are correct, Joe.
- Apologies on my part are due.
-
- I can't believe that I invented the term 'reference constructor' but I
- have always used it. Guess I'll have to change my ways!
-
- On the off chance this usage was really old I dusted off my copy of
- Stroustrups original book (1987 edition). Although the term 'copy
- constructor' isn't used there there is clearly an intent of copying
- a value.
-
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- John Hickin Bell-Northern Research, Montreal, Quebec
- (514) 765-7924 hickin@bnr.ca
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