Re: Limited_Controlled and constructor functions

[Maciej Sobczak <no.spam@no.spam.com>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:58:54 +0100, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> 
>> What I want to accomplish is the functional way of building lists of 
>> values of variant types:
>>
>> P : constant Params := Make_Params(Param("Hello"),
>>                                     Param("Ada"),
>>                                     Param(12),
>>                                     Param(3.14)));
> 
> Hmm, but should the parameters and containers of be limited types?

Probably not, but...

> I find
> it rather natural to be able to copy parameter(s)

... I don't like to overengineer things in anticipation of usage 
patterns that actually might never happen. I prefer to forbid it and 
wait until it's asked for. I find it easier (well, I at least expected) 
to forbid copy semantics than to implement it.

In C++ it's two lines of code or even half:

class MyClass : boost::noncopyable
...

;-)

 > send them over IP...

Then we're talking about serialization. Limited types don't forbid it.

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