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From: Eric Hughes <eric.eh9@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: default formal parameters in generic declarations
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On Mar 3, 2:17 am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
wrote:
> IMO, it is better (as always) to get rid of generics.

Well, if you don't like generics, then enhancing their utility will
certainly seem like a waste of time.

> Default values of packages are in fact inheritable interfaces.

As to this assertion, I believe this to be false.  I won't argue it
here (it's beside my point), but I can recommend how C++ libraries
have come to use "traits" (their jargon) classes as template arguments
for a counterexample.

Eric