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On 09/14/2017 02:30 PM, Alejandro R. Mosteo wrote:
> 
> Then I guess that an in/out parameter of such a type might be unsafe to assign, 
> in the sense that depending on the actual argument it might succeed or raise.

Typically I return them from functions, but I'd think between your knowledge of 
the discriminants and maybe the 'Constrained attribute you could use them safely.

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