Hi,

Il 30/04/21 16:16, Hyman Rosen via Std-Discussion ha scritto:
> This is where the conceptual error of the C++ object model shows. A
> pointer or reference points to memory, not to an object. The pointer
> type informs how that memory should be treated. If the memory remains
> allocated to the program, the pointer is valid. If the contents of the
> memory are valid for a type, the object of that type in that memory is
> valid.

I'm really not following this argument: what error? The current,
existing, unchanged, unabridged C++ memory/lifetime model says that
pointers behave like this (at least for operations we're discussing
about). I am NOT discussing how to extend the lifetime model to an
arbitrary setup.

Thanks,

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