Final by default?

[Walter Bright]

On 3/15/2014 11:33 AM, Michel Fortin wrote:
> And it also breaks binary compatibility.

Inlining also breaks binary compatibility. If you want optimizations, and be 
able to change things, you've got to give up binary compatibility. If you want 
maximum flexibility, such as changing classes completely, use interfaces with 
virtual dispatch.

Maximum flexibility, maximum optimization, and binary compatibility, all while 
not putting any thought into the API design, isn't going to happen no matter 
what the defaults are.