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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 9/17/10 10:48 CDT, Michel Fortin wrote:
> I understand the intent quite well. I'm talking about what happens if
> the source is const?

The whole point is, mutation is the motivator. If you copy an empty 
hash, no problem because the receiver can't mutate it.

> In my mind it's simpler to just explain the notion that an uninitialized
> hash is null and detached from anything else until initialized. Objects
> works like this (minus the implicit initialization part), so it
> shouldn't be too hard to understand. Better have pragmatic semantics
> that work rather than idealistic semantics that fail at a number of cases.

That's a fair point.


Andrei