[boost] Re: [pointer container] copyability

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-27 12:08:09

"Bob Bell" <belvis_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:loom.20050427T182712-411_at_post.gmane.org...
| Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto <at> cs.auc.dk> writes:
| > "David Abrahams" <dave <at> boost-consulting.com> wrote in message
| > news:uk6mo2ylf.fsf <at> boost-consulting.com...
| > | "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto <at> cs.auc.dk> writes:
| > |
| > | > A "value object" implies something that behaves as an int; a
| > | > "polymophic object" implies something that needs to allocated
| > | > dynamically and which has virtual functions.
| > |
| > | A polymorphic object doesn't need to be allocated dynamically.
| >
| > if you want it to act polymophic you have to.
|
| Nonsense:

let me refrase: you usually have to.

-Thorsten