In message <618.1022775283@eterna.com.au>matthew green writes

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>these are special case scenarios, not "in general."
>i don't see why it matters "in general."

Are you serious? The general case includes *all* users,
including the users/developers like myself, or Jason, or (I beleive)
smb, who've indicated they see a need for this. If you don't have any
need for it, fine; nobody's forcing you to use it.