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Re: Simple example for nested "new" expressions?

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Subject	Re: Simple example for nested "new" expressions?
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On 4/15/2016 10:09 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    I am searching for a simple example for the nesting of »new«
>    expressions, but it should not require the explanation of
>    certain »advanced« features, such as exceptions, GUI
>    classes, type arguments or class declarations.
> [...]

     I've been mulling this over and reading other responses, and I've
come to the belief that Robert Klemme is right: There is nothing
special about "nested new," so it's probably a mistake to make a
fuss over it in a class setting.  Calling a constructor with an
argument that is itself newly constructed is ... well, would you
make a special case out of applying `+' to operands that are
themselves sums?  If you give special treatment to a situation that
is completely ordinary, I think you risk confusing your students.

     Something here reminds me of a snippet from "The Goon Show."
Paraphrased:

	NEDDIE: I was minding my own business, when *suddenly* ...

	MUSIC: [ominous minor chords: DA DA, DA-DA-DAAAH!]

	NEDDIE: ... nothing happened!

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