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From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-27 17:52:02


David Abrahams wrote:
> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> If you are given an archive you don't know whether you are allowed
>> to save by value, or whether you can safely save by pointer.
>>
>> (In general.)
>
> Yeah, but what's the use case for this? Someone you don't know hands
> you an archive and tells you to save something in it without telling
> you how it's safe to do so?

Yep, that's pretty much what happens every time your 'save' function is
invoked.


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