[m-dev.] Uniqueness again

[Fergus Henderson]

On 07-Feb-2003, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Fergus Henderson, Friday,  7 February 2003:
> > 
> > I don't think that would be a good idea.  There's already a fair amount
> > of code which relies on the existing meaning of "unique", and locating
> > and modifying that code would be an unnecessary burden.
> 
> I know you've answered this one before, but I'm afraid I've forgotten
> the answer.  Which code depends upon the "uniqueness, all the way down"
> assumption?

Well, for example, store__new_ref.

But the point is just that figuring out which code depends on this
requires a quite deep analysis of the code.

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