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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

> Sorry, I'm deviating.  I learnt why you think the hack is necessary
> and not "too wrong".

OK.

> As I explained above, the entire design is
> asymmetric and inelegant; I think we can do much better than this.

I personally find the "explained above" part making not much sense.
Maybe others can comment on it.