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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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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