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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada 2005 puzzle
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:30:02 +0200
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:41:46 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> For example, you can't put limited objects into containers. We spent quite a 
> bit of mental energy trying to come up with some way to do so, but 
> eventually it proved futile, because you need some sort of copy to get the 
> objects into (and something out of) the container.

Of course futile, because the concept is flawed. You cannot copy limited
objects, you cannot return them from a function, you cannot have aggregates
of. Construction is not copying, though copying indeed requires
construction.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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