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On 26/01/18 09:28, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 26/01/2018 05:58, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>> "Mehdi Saada" <00120260a@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ea190839-2f83-4dbb-9064-8d6f535cc1d0@googlegroups.com...
>>> (...)

> However having an ability to add finalization 
> later would be an indispensable feature. Existing workarounds are not 
> good at all.

Agreed.

> BTW, was it considered to add new interfaces without making existing 
> base types members of? 

I just was lamenting myself recently for not recalling this idea for the 
next revision. Just add new interfaces with the same semantics.

I wonder if there are technical problems besides having a duplicated 
feature.

-Alex.