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Subject: Implicit instantiation (was Re: Ada / C++ comparison paper anymore)
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"Brian Rogoff" <bpr@bpr.best.vwh.net> wrote in message
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> Your example is a bit
> contrived,

A lot contrived, I'd say (no offense to the Patrick H. intended)...

> and its clear to me (maybe to Mark too) that some amount of
> automatic instantiation leads to more readable code.

My only concern right now is whether the inference aspect introduces any
Beaujolais effects.  I haven't thought it through enough to know for sure...