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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: Language extensions for run-time type identification
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.200803.22371@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- References: <1992Jul21.143131.6902@cadsun.corp.mot.com> <1992Jul21.135537.23421@hellgate.utah.edu> <1992Jul22.212111.12530@taumet.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:08:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.212111.12530@taumet.com> steve@taumet.com (Steve Clamage) writes:
- >
- >We could patch this up by saying you have to use 'class' rather than
- >'struct' to get RTTI, but this would break existing C++ code which
- >relies on the equivalence of 'struct' and 'class'. Maybe this is
- >not too high a penalty, but it would have to be carefully considered.
-
- IMHO making struct == class (baring access defaults) was a poor
- decision. I would much rather 'struct' MEANT C-compatible.
- So I would not be dismayed at the change suggested above.
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