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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> Ah, but it is not required for S<:T & T<:S be wrong.

I get tired of arguing these semantics with you, so I just won't.

> But in foo<123>, 123 is not a name.

Why not? The integer 123 is the integer 123. If I say foo<123>,
I get a composite name formed of foo and 123. What's the difference
between the number 123 and the name 123?

> You mean automatic instantiation here, but I don't want it.

Well, I do, so I guess we're each using the proper language.

> Ask yourself, is it the only way?

No, but it's the only way that's simultaneously part of a systems
programming language that I'd want to use anyway.