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"It is possible to make fancy use of generics and dispatching so that =
you=20
can have one specification matched by different bodies....
Interfaces allow a programmer=20
to say he is doing just that, and doing it intentionally."

Formal packages provide that.

Anyway, I'm ok with interfaces per se. I just worry that they might push =
other (for me more interesting) additions off the list (e.g. container =
library) given the scarse revision resources.

/* Tangent but doubly related issue: increasing the power of generics =
viz. towards generic parameters would be also a more interesting =
addition to me. I mean to be able to pass a generic unit to a =
(mandatorily generic) unit. I came across many situations where this =
would be useful. */