in reply to Re^6: The fallacy of the *requirement* for read-only instance variables.
in thread The fallacy of the *requirement* for read-only instance variables.

Hm . That seems like a cop out given that I didn't equate unique ids with object handles in the first sentence, or in the first paragraph, or anywhere in the first 5 paragraphs.

So it remains that no one has yet demonstrated even a good use for ROIAs. Much less a necessity for them.

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