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From: Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru>
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Subject: Re: Implicit dereferences rational question
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 22:22:53 +0300
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Robert A Duff wrote:
> Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> writes:
> 
>> Why implicit dereferences use only access discriminants, not arbitrary
>> access fields?
> 
> It helps prevent dangling pointers.

In which way limiting to discriminants may prevent dangling pointers?

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