DIP 45 - approval discussion

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/12/13 1:30 AM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> Am 12.11.2013 09:50, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>
>> The time difference is crucial here. If this DIP came up in 2006 (when I
>> estimate we introduced Object.factory) probably a lot of things would
>> have come down differently. Proposals made in different epochs are, I
>> think, very difficult to compare.
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> Wait. Whats the actual issue here? This DIP does not prevent
> object.factory from working across DLL boundaries. This DIP does also
> not conflict with object.factory. So what is the actual problem at hand?

You're right. I was meaning that in the abstract - generally feature 
creation is strongly conditioned by existing context.

Andrei