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Le Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:54:20 +0100, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57)  =

<yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> a =C3=A9crit:
> I will trust you for the assertion about C++, as I forget too much sin=
ce  =

> that time

Some other words: I hardly believe an assignment operator could ever be =
OK  =

within a context where the meaning of what an object is depends on wheth=
er  =

it is used by value or reference (the truncation case Peter made me  =

recall), and where there's nothing like proper class wide type, as C++  =

class wide behaviour also depends on whether an instance is used by valu=
e  =

vs by reference (always class wide with reference). Can you make an  =

assignment operator works fine and uniformly in such circumstances? The =
 =

orthogonality C++ lacks here is a fact to be added to the particular poi=
nt  =

you raised.


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