On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 08:02:05PM +0000, John Macdonald wrote: > I'd rather see it as has '-XXX' to override, has '+XXX' to augment, and has > 'XXX' to create a new attribute, with an error if an unsigned creation had a > conflict. > That provides the feature when it is desired without providing an action ata > distance bug when it is unexpected.
Perhaps, but it's far too late to make that change now without breaking everyone's code :)