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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:10:58 +0200
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On 9/22/10 10:34 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:41:35 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:

>>   I can write this in
>> a comment, but I think it's better to make such things explicit in the
>> interface.
>
> Nope, as I already wrote in a subthread, the contract is between someone
> who extends the type and someone who uses it. You are not involved.

Except that they may ignore your theory today and ignore your
business in the future...