[boost] Re: Re: [pointer container] copyability

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-27 12:47:40

"Rob Stewart" <stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:200504271721.j3RHLiS27805_at_vanzandt.balstatdev.susq.com...
| From: "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]>

| > | > trying to make a polymorphic object behave like a value object is
| > | > confusing a best.
| > |
| > | Who does it confuse?  Pimpl is a commonly used and well understood
| > | pattern for doing just that.
| >
| > Pimpl is an ugly hack for compilation firewalls.
|
| Regardless of your opinion of the technique, Dave's statement
| holds.

there is no requirement that a Pimpl class should be copyable.

-Thorsten