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- From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: Const and Non-Const Constructors
- Date: 06 Feb 96 14:43:20 GMT
- Organization: AT&T Research, Murray Hill NJ
- Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
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- References: <smeyersDMBEsy.5M8@netcom.com>
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- In article <smeyersDMBEsy.5M8@netcom.com> smeyers@netcom.com (Scott
- Meyers) writes:
-
- > A few months ago there was a discussion of whether the language should be
- > extended so that const and non-const objects would have different
- > constructors, the idea being that initialization for a const object might
- > be different from initialization for a non-const object. My understanding
- > is the committee has rejected that idea. Could someone please post a
- > summary of the problems with the idea or point me to a place where I can
- > find them?
-
- It is too late in the standards process for any significant changes.
- The extensions working group was disbanded several meetings ago
- and the committee no longer has any mechanism for considering extensions.
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- --Andrew Koenig
- ark@research.att.com
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