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Subject: Re: OOP Language for OS Development
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> O.K., though that will require another non-local private function?

It could, if that code was complicated enough.
It all just turns into a static boolean anyway,
either explicit or by the compiler. If Eiffel
wants to nominate it into a first-class language
feature, bully for it.