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Article #3257Re: Const and Non-Const Constructors
From: Andrew Koenig
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 14:43
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 14:43
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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. -- --Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. Submission address: std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu. Contact address: std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu. Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/policy.html. ]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!cs.mu.OZ.AU!bounce-back 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 Message-ID: <DMCyyI.IA4@research.att.com> References: <smeyersDMBEsy.5M8@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: munta.cs.mu.oz.au X-Original-Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 14:30:18 GMT X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBEAgUBMRdpFeEDnX0m9pzZAQFCSAF4iS2OVh3c0hARWr0Ukv8aAPiitKNb+ogr Yv9gbsfuEZyTs5hXa7rv9ixRalMwDOY= =/97+ Originator: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU