DIP 1018--The Copy Constructor--Formal Review

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/25/19 3:41 PM, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
> On Monday, 25 February 2019 at 20:23:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 2/25/19 3:23 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> On 2019-02-25 20:24, Mike Parker wrote:
>>>
>>>>  From the process document:
>>>>
>>>> “the DIP Manager or the Language Maintainers may allow for 
>>>> exceptions which waive requirements or responsibilities at their 
>>>> discretion.”
>>>
>>> Having it documented doesn't make it less flawed.
>>
>> Jacob, are there amends you need to make to the DIP?
> 
> Honestly, I've not understood the rationale or the covered use case in 
> letting the copy ctor mutate the ref source parameters...
> Sincerely, without polemical intent.

We'll look into clarifying that better, thanks.