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  1. Item    6050891                         18-Jan-91        14:32PST
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  3. From:   BERDAHL                         Amoco Tech, Eric Berdahl,VAR
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  5. To:     BBSF.DEV                        Babcock & Brown, Michael Harper,AST
  6.         MACAPP.TECH$                    MacApp Technical
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  10. Sub:    Re: Cloning An Object
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  12. Michael,
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  14. As a matter of C++ etiquette, it is better to return a TObject* instead of a
  15. TDerived*.  It may be easier to code if you happen to do
  16. bDerived = aDerived->Clone(), but it isn’t really considered “nice.”
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  18. Humbly opinionated,
  19. Eric Berdahl
  20. Amoco Technology Company
  21. AppleLink:  BERDAHL
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