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  1. From: ajay@lehman.com (Ajay Kamdar)
  2. Message-ID: <199604031701.MAA16591@jabba.lehman.com>
  3. X-Original-Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:01:56 -0500
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  5. Date: 03 Apr 96 17:25:19 GMT
  6. Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
  7. Subject: Re: delete vs incomplete class type
  8. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  9. References: <sjcDownA7.6FA@netcom.com> <4jcdp0$b3p@venus.mcs.com> <sjcDp7BEy.3J4@netcom.com> <3160CA2D.646FFC15@cantrip.org>
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  15.  
  16. In article <3160CA2D.646FFC15@cantrip.org>,
  17. Nathan Myers, http://www.cantrip.org/ <ncm@cantrip.org> wrote:
  18. >Steven Correll (sjc@netcom.com) wrote:
  19. >>
  20. >> I don't see how a compiler could avoid noticing that it hasn't a clue what
  21. >> destructor to invoke at compilation time. Is there a reason ... not to 
  22. >> require the compiler to diagnose this as an error, instead of allowing 
  23. >> it to fault at execution time?
  24. >
  25. >I have to agree with Steven ... it's silly to talk about preserving
  26. >legacy C code that has "delete" statements in it.  Given the great
  27. >difficulty in finding bugs introduced this way, and the great ease of
  28. >introducing them accidentally through inclusion errors, we certainly
  29. >should change something.
  30. >
  31. >Fortunately fixing this would be a restriction, not an extension,
  32. >and thus is still conceivable in this round of standardization.
  33.  
  34. So are you volunteering to champion a formal proposal to the
  35. committee to add this restriction in this round of standardization?
  36.  
  37. Although it doesn't count in the committee, you do have my vote.
  38.  
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