[boost] Re: In-place construction for variant

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-30 19:59:17

Brian McNamara <lorgon_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At the end of the day, in the general case I think it just comes
> down to "it's hard to build correct software, especially in the
> presence of effects".  I don't recall any particularly useful morals
> or recommended practices coming from the papers I'm thinking of.

Yes, this problem is mostly a quirk of global state, but can be
realized in any system with side-effects, and almost never comes up in
(my) practice.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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