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In article <521q18$q41@engnews1.eng.sun.com>,
Ronny Bremer  <rbremer@future-gate.com> wrote:
>If've found it very difficult to believe, but STL relies on the fact
>that if a class has a copy constructor and assignment operator both are
>taking CONST arguments like this
>
>class foo {
>  foo(const foo& rsh) {};
>  const foo& operator=(const foo& rsh) {};
>}
>
>Of course, it is not true for the auto_ptr class. Hence, the following
>will not compile
>
As far as I know it is NOT true for auto_ptr anymore.
The sepcification of auto_ptr will change.

>vector<auto_ptr<int> > myVector;
>
>myVector.push_back(auto_ptr(new int));
>
>Borland CPP 5.0 mentions in the online help about STL an example like
>the one presented above. And it will not compile....
>
>Any thoughts ?

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