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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: private types
Date: 17 Mar 2006 08:18:47 -0500
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Justin Gombos <rpbkbq.xax.gld@uluv.kbq> writes:

> On 2006-03-14, Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> >
> > He does have a point though - some languages will initialise all
> > variables to dummy values - this means you can get predictable
> > results in code that (wrongly) uses them before setting them to a
> > value.
> 
> Beyond access types, I would not consider that feature you're
> describing helpful.

I'm not sure what the right answer is, but surely all the arguments for
and against dummy values apply equally to access types.

- Bob