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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.not.jrcarter@acm.not.spam.org>
Subject: Re: Constant record components
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:34:13 GMT
Date: 2006-07-07T04:34:13+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9vlrg.23628$FQ1.2679@attbi_s71> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ObSdnQYngMQKEzDZnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@megapath.net>

Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> After initialization, of course. (Constants are assign-once, logically.
> Assign-never would be a problem, because they'd have no value at all in that
> case!) And similarly, before finalization (although it shouldn't really be
> necessary to clear the finalized result -- but it is often done, and
> harmless to do).

I've always thought that initializing an object, constant or not, should 
not be considered assignment; more a case of providing a name and 
storage for a value. Perhaps it would be better not to have used the 
assignment symbol for it.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
Dr. Strangelove
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2006-07-01 17:06 ` Constant record components Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-07-01 17:37   ` ME
2006-07-01 18:33     ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-07-01 21:44       ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-07-02  9:18         ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-07-02 16:13   ` ME
2006-07-03  7:50     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-07-03 11:46       ` Craig Carey
2006-07-04  0:06         ` M E Leypold
2006-07-03 16:31       ` ME
2006-07-03 23:53         ` Randy Brukardt
2006-07-04  1:59           ` Craig Carey
2006-07-04  7:25           ` ME
2006-07-05 21:55             ` Randy Brukardt
2006-07-06  0:59               ` tmoran
2006-07-06  7:47               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2006-07-06 22:29                 ` Randy Brukardt
2006-07-07  4:34                   ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2006-07-07  5:39                   ` ME
2006-07-07  9:15                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-07-08 16:13                       ` ME
2006-07-08 17:14                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-07-13  6:58                           ` ME
2006-07-13  8:39                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-07-07 21:04                     ` Randy Brukardt
2006-07-14  8:15                       ` Craig Carey
2006-07-14 12:51                         ` Craig Carey
2006-07-15  3:45                           ` ME
2006-07-04  0:08         ` M E Leypold
2006-07-02  5:52 ` Craig Carey
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