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From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Proposal: 'virtual' class members for C++
Message-ID: <28468F76.4A98@tct.com>
Date: 31 May 91 18:01:26 GMT
References: <675518012.34@sunbrk.FidoNet>
Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL
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According to Struan.Judd@sunbrk.FidoNet.Org (Struan Judd):
>
>class Scr_Location {
>    private:
>	unsigned char SL_Left, SL_Top, SL_Right, SL_Bottom;
>    public:
>	Scr_Location(void);
>	.
>	.
>	.
>	const unsigned char &Left = SL_Left, &Right = SL_Right,
>			    &Top = SL_Top, &Bottom = SL_Bottom;
>	.
>	.
>	.
>};

I don't consider this kind of kludginess and storage waste to be worth
the notational "advantage" of "x.a" over "x.a()".
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.com>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
          perl -e 'sub do { print "extinct!\n"; }   do do()'