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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

> You could actually give it a default, but the users would have to make
> that object visible, and use your name for it; not much better than
> simply supplying the parameter at instantiation.

I don't think so, it's their type not mine

> > people are fed up enough with instantiating all these nested
> > generics as it is. 
> 
> BCs are for experts. Tell them to suck it up :).

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