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From: jason@cygnus.com (Jason Merrill)
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Subject: Re: Sealed Classes
Date: 07 Mar 1995 00:15:04 GMT
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In-reply-to: tmurphy@panix.com's message of 6 Mar 1995 13:01:21 -0500

>>>>> Timothy Murphy <tmurphy@panix.com> writes:

>    I propose that the idea of a sealed class be elevated to a language
> construct, largely for efficiency purposes.

It seems to me that a good compiler can get the efficiency you mention
without adding another construct.

jason