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On 17/09/2012 21:08, Erik Osheim wrote:

> I think you misunderstood Alex's email. The name "::" is the name of
> one of List's subclasses (the other name being "Nil"). Obviously, you
> can't define two classes of the same name, so there can't be another
> class named "::" for Vector, or any other class.

Ah, of course - that makes sense.  And I suppose it forms a cautionary 
tale as well - when using classnames-that-look-like-syntax, you only get 
to use them once, so choose wisely.

> Hope this helps,

It does, thank you.

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Alan Burlison
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