in reply to Re^19: ref to read-only alias ... why? (notabug)
in thread ref to read-only alias ... why?
Well you already agreed that it is inconsistent.
And for some people - including me - inconsistencies are a special quality of bugs. (maybe the worst)
OTOH I'm well aware that it's not possible to simply redesign implementations w/o breaking other code depending on old behavior.
So it's a matter of best compromise - like emitting warnings.
Cheers Rolf
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