On 06 Apr 2004, at 11:31, goran.krampe at bluefish.se wrote:

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> That is not what I mean, though I agree I haven't defined my meaning of
> the word. :)
>
> The "idea" is to not be afraid of conflicts - but instead "embrace 
> them"
> and acknowledge them as a "good thing" because they prevent 
> "reinventing
> wheels" and pollution of the global namespace that we still have in our
> heads (!). And then handle them as they appear. I think my next post
> will make it clearer with actual scenarios etc what I mean.

Yes!!! Someone who got the common point of traits and classboxes :-) 
"Conflicts" are good and interesting, and need to be tackled explicitly 
by the developer with some composition mechanism. If you're thinking 
along these lines then I am really looking forward to your proposal :-) 
There is some tricky issues but I will comment on your proposal if I 
find the time :-)


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Roel Wuyts                                                              
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