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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Unchecked_Deallocation vs. delete
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:56:49 -0400
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> The symmetry is apparent. Pointers can be constructed using two methods:
> new T and X'Access.

Except that X'Access did not exist when this design decision was made.
In Ada  83, "new" and U_D really are symmetric.

>...Further even if a pointer is constructed with new, it
> can be subject of GC.

Right.

- Bob