Broken?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/11/14, 1:18 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Tuesday, 11 March 2014 at 20:16:50 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 3/11/14, 11:24 AM, Daniel Kozák wrote:
>>> Steven Schveighoffer píše v Út 11. 03. 2014 v 14:14 -0400:
>>>
>>>> Consider how long Walter resisted the call to make functions final by
>>>> default, until he suddenly switched sides. I think of it like a
>>>> dictatorship with 1000 advisors. And no death squads :)
>>>
>>> What is the current status of this?
>>
>> I am opposed to making functions final by default.
>
> Because of the breakage, or because you think virtual-by-default makes
> more sense?

A combination of both. The change would break a lot of code and it seems 
to me final vs. virtual by default is a judgment call more than an 
obvious decision in favor of final. That said, if I'd do things over 
again I'd advocate final by default. But we're not doing things over again.

Andrei