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From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-27 19:16:48


Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>
>> And BTW, why do people call it Peter's idiom.
>
> Because it is?
>
> http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg13128.php
>
> Note the date. Also note that the archives are brain dead and the non-cached
> link points to a different message. There is no history on the Web.
>
>> AFAIK, it was Daveed Vandevoorde who first suggested the trick.
>
> Daveed Vandevoorde first suggested that a pointer to a data member would be
> more efficient.

Ok, Thanks for the pointers, Peter.

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Joel de Guzman
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