[cap-talk] __equalizer and such E operations

[Kevin Reid]

On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:46, Bill Frantz wrote:

> Selfless data can be copied over the network, since copies are
> indistinguishable.  Non-selfless objects must be called remotely.
> Copying can save network round trips.

Actually, this is orthogonal. 'Pass-by-construction' (pbc) objects  
are transferred over the network by serialization, and are not  
necessarily Selfless. (The primary use case is that an unum presence  
is pbc.)

The combination of pbc and Selfless results in the  
indistinguishability you mention.

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