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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Ada classwide copy vs C++ clone
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:44:12 +0200
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On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:30:01 +0200, Alex R. Mosteo wrote:

> So, this is what I'd like to hear confirmed. Am I right? or is there 
> something simpler that I'm overlooking?

AFAIK, no. I created a task in Rosetta Code to illustrate the issue. So far
nobody could solve it in C++ without using clone pattern:

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Polymorphic_copy

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