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Subject: Re: [boost] [variant] Please vote for behavior
From: Paul Smith (pl.smith.mail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-31 10:38:35


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> On the other hand we have destructive move-semantics,
>
> In what sense are you claiming that we "have" destructive
> move-semantics? Nobody has ever implemented or even fully-specified
> destructive move semantics AFAIK. Destructive move semantics are (at
> this time) nothing more than a fantasy some people have about what they
> think would be a better world.

It's a figure of speech. I wasn't saying we actually "have" them - I
was defining a term and making a distinction. You omitted the rest of
the sentence.

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Paul Smith

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