When does final mean "maybe, kinda, sorta" ?

[kris]

Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:
> kris wrote:
> [snip]
> I agree about the misleading part, but I don't think that overriding 
> private methods is poor practice. In fact I think it's rich practice 
> :o). See e.g. http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill18.htm.
> 
> Andrei

Design philosophy aside, what should be done about the issues with 
"final" itself?