Proposed change to ForeignPtr

[Alastair Reid]

>> > That's a tricky one.  From the standards point of view, I am >
>> actually *very* reluctant to introduce new names.  On the other >
>> hand, reusing the old names will lead to a couple of unhappy emails
>> > from people using the old interface again.
>> 
>> But only a couple I conjecture.

> I read this as you would also (= like me) be in favour of keeping
> the old names.  Right?

I'm not sure which position you're preferring here.  I lean a bit
towards using the old names for the new functions (the ones with free
functions) and finding new names for the old functions (the ones with
closure arguments).


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