Re: derive conflicts with multiply-defined and module level import

[Fergus Henderson]

On 07-Nov-1998, Erik Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Another reason is that allowing definitions to be split up
> >without any special syntax indicating this would harm readability.
...
> This is *exectly* the reasoning I am opposed to. It is not to the language
> designer to decide for me what is readable of not!

My point is that the existence of the feature harms readability
*even for code that doesn't use it*.

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