Final by default? [Decided: No]

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/13/14, 2:15 AM, John Colvin wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 March 2014 at 04:58:05 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I hear you. Time to put this in a nice but firm manner: your arguments
>> were understood but did not convince. The matter has been settled.
>> There will be no final by default in the D programming language. Hope
>> you understand.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrei
>
> In light of this and as a nod to Manu's expertise and judgment on the
> matter:
>
> We should make his reasoning on the importance of deliberately choosing
> virtual vs private in API-public classes prominent in documentation,
> wikis, books and other learning materials.
>
> It may not be an important enough to justify a large language break, but
> if Manu says it is genuinely a problem in his industry, we should do our
> best to alleviate as much as is reasonable.

I think that's a great idea.

Andrei