On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Henning Thielemann <schlepptop@henning-thielemann.de> wrote:
Am 24.02.2014 18:34, schrieb Twan van Laarhoven:

I agree with Edward that it would be better to reserve 'zero' for
something like an additive identity.

Why would you want to reserve Bits.zero for an additive zero? This makes no sense.

There is something vaguely smelly about specifically omitting the context

> it is an annoyingly common name to take for
> such an often unqualified import.

in the original message. Yes, we're quite aware you do not consider it legitimate. Distorting someone else's meaning to press your point is also not legitimate.

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