Side-effect free containers for E

[Mark S. Miller]

At 11:58 AM 8/10/00 , Tyler Close wrote:
>As I did last time, and as I'll likely do again, I can compromise on
>relegating the bad feature far enough away that it hopefully won't
>hurt much. I can only do this *after* I have convinced everyone to
>relegate it though. 

That's what I thought.  As I stated at the beginning, I didn't take you be 
be advocating that there not be any mutable containers available anywhere.  
Just that they should be left out of the library explained and made 
available for normal use.  Assuming we agree to relegate mutable containers 
to a dusty appendix of our toolbox (how's that for mixing metaphors), the 
precise design of those mutable containers becomes a lower priority matter.


>I am sure Markm appreciates the tug-of-war that we represent.

Indeed!  Please keep up the informative tugging.


         Cheers,
         --MarkM