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Subject: Re: Constant record components
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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
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Dr. Strangelove
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