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Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> Yeah, but what happens if you insert
> |type Baz is new Foo with ...
> is that you have to change every single view conversion in New_Foo's
> methods from |Bar (Foo (F)); to |Bar (Baz (F));

Can't you just do
     subtype inherited is Bar;
and then just use inherited everywhere?
Then if things change, you just have one place to update.
     subtype inherited is Baz;