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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Problem with Booch iterators
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:47:48 +0000 (UTC)
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Matthew Heaney <mheaney@on2.com> wrote:
: If dynamic polymorphism for containers were needed by a user, then he
: could implement that himself using an Adapter pattern.  Dynamic
: polymorphism does NOT need to be provided by the library itself.

Is it still an adequate characterization if I rewrite this as follows:
If dynamic polymorphism for containers is wanted by a library user,
then he will have to implement that himself, for example using
an Adapter pattern.  Dynamic polymorphism is not provided by the
library itself.

-- georg