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- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!world!wmm
- From: wmm@world.std.com (William M Miller)
- Subject: Re: Alternatives to operator.()
- Message-ID: <BrvC9A.1AI@world.std.com>
- Organization: Software Emancipation Technology, Inc.
- References: <1992Jul23.024159.18039@microsoft.com> <BruME9.HGJ@world.std.com> <9220604.6372@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:03:10 GMT
- Lines: 16
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- In article <9220604.6372@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, Fergus James HENDERSON writes:
- > There are also several ways of hiding away the circumlocution, if it still
- > bothers you (variations on the usual macro-hackery).
-
- Yes, I think both of these are better than "(&r)->query_status()";
- however, they are both still circumlocutions.
-
- This may be an opportune time to point out that I have never claimed
- that any of my three objections was a "killer," i.e., something that
- made the proposal completely unacceptable; they are just points that
- have to be weighed against the obvious attractions of the proposal. I
- think that posts like this, which reduce the negative impact of the
- problems, are exactly the kind of helpful contributions I would hope
- to see from the proposal's supporters.
-
- -- William M. Miller, wmm@world.std.com
-