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Subject: Re: Dynamically tagged expression required
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Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> And for the dispatching calls the compiler always uses a pointer.

This is a bit misleading.  It's better to say that tagged types are always
passed by reference.


> T'Class is also useful as then element type for container types which can
> store indefinite elements.

Yes.  The standard container library does indeed include indefinite versions of
all the containers.