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Subject: Re: Proposal: Auto-allocation of Indefinite Objects
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On Wednesday, 29 July 2020 at 17:20:24 UTC+1, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> If you make a shallow copy of
> type Node_Type is record 
> Item : new Element_Type; 
> Prev : Node_Ptr_Type; 
> Next : Node_Ptr_Type; 
> end record;
> you create a dangling pointer should the original node disappear. A deep 
> copy would create a new target for new Item.

I see my proposal is being debated again.
And Dmitry is arguing my case far better that I could, so I'll probably stay quiet.
(though maybe I should try to plant the idea of "Trim_Image" and "Trim_Width" into Dmitry's head ;-))