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From: Gerhard Wesp (gwesp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-26 05:56:38
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:41:32PM +0200, Maarten Kronenburg wrote:
> Users can implement an unsigned_integer by deriving from
> integer, but this will not give any performance gain.
This would violate Item 32 in Effective C++, 3rd ed. by Scott Meyers:
Make sure public inheritance models "is-a". I suggest deriving from
integer be disallowed in the TR2 proposal.
Regards
-Gerhard
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