Interpretation Sought for DWP Concept of 'Valid Object'

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From: john (j.d.) hickin
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:26

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A recent thread in another newsgroup has aroused some interest.  Lately there
has been a small debate around the interpretation of the following phrase,
ostensibly taken from the DWP:

	A reference shall be initialized to refer to a valid object or function.

One party claims that valid object means initialized object while another
claims that all is required is that the object have a valid address.

Does the DWP make it clear which interpretation should be used?

-- 
John Hickin      Nortel Technology, Montreal, Quebec
(514) 765-7924   hickin@nortel.ca
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