A new class -->String

[David B. Held]

Jari-Matti Mäkelä wrote:
> [...]
> I'm sure we all agree on that. Extending previously closed classes is a
> valuable feature in modern object oriented programming.
> [...]

The free vs. method syntax proposal I mentioned earlier is not 
equivalent to extending closed classes.  The latter would imply the 
ability to add virtual functions and method overloads outside the 
definition of the class, or accessing private members, which are not 
possible under this proposal.

Dave