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From: Lucretia <lucretia9@lycos.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Limited initialization for non-limited types
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On Mar 26, 1:26 pm, Eric Hughes <eric....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way of getting in-place initialization for non-limited
> objects?  This would be similar to that for limited types as specified
> in ARM05/7.5(8.1/2).

I didn't read your entire post as it's not necessary.

Anyway, it makes sense to do in place initialisation for limited types
as they cannot be copied, therefore a return statement that copies the
object just doesn't make sense whereas one which copies a non-limited
type does.

Obviously there is overhead in the non-limited case but what you have
to understand is that in the limited case it's more semantics and
making sure that the language doesn't create copies for them.

Luke.