Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.194.249.MISMATCH!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Ruben Safir Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Destructors can copying objects Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 21:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <740ebc76-9d41-4668-82ba-265e1f152ef6@d28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: www2.mrbrklyn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1301951643 27911 96.57.23.82 (4 Apr 2011 21:14:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 21:14:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Blackjet: Blackjet is a Yankee Fan X-DRMisTHEFT: Use GNU Linux today X-From: A Dark Cloud X-LOCATION: Brooklyn NY - Forget abou' it! X-NYLXS: Really - yah think computers are supposed to be broken? User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c++:3110 On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:07:40 -0700, James Kanze wrote: > Why would you want such a node? Typically, the last node in the list > will have a next pointer which is null, but all nodes which exist will > have a valid value. I think I already explained it as best as I could, and BTW, it is the same thing, more or less that vectors do with the allocate object. There is good reasons for it. If that is not suffice, then just decide that it is that way because the design specification requires it for no good reason. Ruben