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In comp.lang.c++.moderated, kanze@gabi-soft.fr (J. Kanze) writes:

>"Nathan Myers" <ncm@cantrip.org> writes:
>
>|> The Draft standard requires that your compiler not try to generate
>|> auto_ptr::operator->() unless you use it.
[...]
>The requirement in the draft that Nathan is referring to (and which *is*
>new, and not supported by many compilers) is that they not check the
>return type of operator-> *unless* they actual have to generate the
>function.  (I'm not sure of the exact words, but that is more or less
>the meaning.)

I'm sure you're right, but when I had a look for this in the draft
standard, I couldn't find it.  Could anyone please direct me to the
appropriate place?

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