Hello internals team! I'd like to propose an RFC to allow traits to implement interfaces.
I've noticed s pattern in Etsy's code and elsewhere, where a trait provides a common implementation of an interface. Classes that use the trait are required to also explicitly declare the interface to benefit. I propose that traits be permitted to declare and implement interfaces. Classes that use such a trait would then implement the interface, as though it were declared on the class, without declaring the interface explicitly. I believe this small change would be a useful improvement to the OO system. I've written a draft RFC, but I don't have karma to create the wiki page for it. Could someone please grant wiki karma to my account, kevingessner? I don't yet have an implementation, but I'll be starting on one once I've posted the RFC. I look forward to your thoughts and feedback. Thanks in advance -- Kevin Kevin Gessner Staff Software Engineer etsy.com
