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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: problem with abstract types
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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com> writes:

>...Open registries morphing their types underneath a
> program boggles the mind.

Yes, I agree with that.  But it might be convenient to have a "this
registry" variable in some package body, and it might be inconvenient to
know what sort of registry it is when that variable is elaborated.
In that case, one needs a pointer.

But I do agree that the program probably won't magically migrate from
Windows to Unix at run time, and change its registry accordingly!  ;-)

- Bob