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Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 16:01:35 +1000
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On 5/05/2011 12:47 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Because it’s a pain in the bum

Is that supposed to be a reason? Because it isn't.

If you do as you suggest you lose automatic recompilation of dependent 
classes.