Re: Design help

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
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> Because attribute is not limited the compiler would generate assignment as
> a shallow copy. That might get quite dangerous with pointers. Either it
has
> to be limited or strings need to be by-value (or by-reference counted
smart
> pointers).

Or controlled types with an appropriate Adjust routine. (This is the option
I most likely would use). The stream attributes don't include the tag, so
they wouldn't cause any additional trouble over the untagged versions.

                   Randy.