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From: "Alejandro R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com>
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Subject: Re: Indefinite_Holders: bug or misunderstanding?
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On 01/02/18 01:31, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Shark8" <onewingedshark@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bf840108-2cdb-457d-928e-9db658d4d8d2@googlegroups.com...
>> Hm, the error-message is straightforward: the compiler is expecting the
>> full-definition of Str to have a discriminant.
>>
>> HOWEVER, I seem to remember* the partial-view ("type Str (<>) is private")
>> as indicating only that the type is unconstrained, which the array
>> actually is -- so if that's the proper interpretation then this is a
>> compiler bug.
>>
>>
>> * I could be misremembering; I don't think that the generic-parameter
>> "Type Param(<>) is private"
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> PS -- Looks like a compiler error.
> 
> I agree, looks like a compiler bug to me. Any non-limited type should work
> in a holder.
> 
>                             Randy.

That's what I expected. Submitting then.

Thanks,
Álex.

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