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On 08/24/2011 03:03 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> Well, we could keep the API (since it is convenient), but just implement
> it with a compare.
> 

It seems like a gratuitous change at this point to me, but I don't have
a strong opinion one way or the other.

	-hpa